Month June 2008

Chavez urges FARC to end struggle

“You in the FARC should know something,” Mr. Chávez said in the broadcast of his Sunday television program, during which he also called on the rebels to release dozens of hostages, including three American military contractors. “You have become an…

Private cities

Huge housing developments and cities that are mostly privately run are appearing now in India for the wealthy. They have their own police, electricity, and water. The residents say the government is no longer providing those services adequately, or even…

Twittering Apple

Twitter, who has had more than a few outages of late, is making major efforts to be able to handle an expected ten times normal volume during Steve Jobs’ keynote at the Apple WWDC today at 10 am PDT. Laughing…