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Google Inc said that it has resolved an issue with its contacts system that caused many users of its Gmail service to have trouble accessing their online email.

The problems began at about 2100 GMT, or 1400 PST, and an announcement on the company's Gmail “Help Center” site said the issue is now resolved.

Google said an outage in the contacts system used by Gmail prevented the email system from loading properly. The company also said that there may be minor delays in deliveries even though all mail is safe.

Users across the United States, Canada and India reported problems with Gmail and a Google employee also reported that the company's own corporate email account was down.

Last week also a few Gmail users were unable to access their Gmail accounts. Many were not able to log on to Google Apps accounts.