| Pakistan allows YouTube return
Rather than individually block offending blogs, censors disabled access to the entire Blogspot.com domain, according to Don't Block the Blog, a group of Pakistani Internet freedom advocates.
One year later, the PTA accidentally blocked access to millions of popular Web sites including Google.com, Download.com, Microsoft.com, Gmail.com and Yahoo.com among others, the group said. The fumbled filtering attempt went on for four days before it was corrected.
According to the AP report, the PTA was unapologetic for any "technical hitches" stemming from its order that the nation's 70 Internet service providers to block YouTube. The blackout occurred after a Hong Kong-based data carrier began routing Web traffic to YouTube through Pakistan.
YouTube has been blocked by myriad countries at one time or another, including Brazil, Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
Jupiter Island 'reviewing its options' to regulate the number of ...
State Road 707 winding north and south through the lush Town of Jupiter Island has long been a paradise for residents and area bicyclists, but that popularity is now causing concern for both. “It's one of the most beautiful roads in Martin County," said John Silvia, owner of Pro Cycles in Stuart. “And with the trees and the winding curves, it's one of the most popular biking roads as well." But the attributes luring cyclists to the meandering, canopied drive also make it dangerous for the competing modes of travel, said Town Director of Public Safety Chief Ted Gonzales. Gonzales recently sent a letter to area bicycle shops and clubs in an attempt to reach out to the groups and urge riders to comply with the rules of the road, informing them the town commission is “reviewing its options" to regulate the number of cyclists that can ride together in a single group in order to make the town “as safe as possible." Gonzales said the town sees some 800 cyclists in groups of 40 to 75 pedaling through town on the weekends — some of whom disregard stop signs and ride three and four abreast, he said.
Transporters caught in the crossfire
We do not have enough security here (at Mlolongo) and often we have had to chase away thieves aiming to steal oil or parts of the trucks," complained another driver. Mr Paul Naubembe, a Ugandan driver headed to Juba narrated how they have risked their lives as the violence mounts in many parts of the country. "We cannot travel without escort by security personnel. We have run out of our mileage allowances and we risk starving if the crisis is not addressed," he says. He added that being a Ugandan driver in Kenya at this time when there is rumour of Ugandan soldiers involvement in Kenya is the most disquieting experience. "We are being put under a lot of stress as our brothers in Kenya think our president is involved and we have become a target.
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Frustrated fliers making tracks to Europe's trains
Travelers in Europe first started to see rail in a new light in 1994 with the launch of London-Paris Eurostar trains through the Channel tunnel. The journey from Britain to France took just under three hours on trains that coasted along as quietly as a Mercedes sedan. In November, that journey became even shorter when service in London shifted from Waterloo International Station to St. Pancras. The journey from London to Paris now takes only two hours and 15 minutes, while a trip from Brussels, Belgium, to London will take less than two hours. Eurostar officials believe the quicker trips, on trains traveling at speeds of up to 186 mph, will herald a 20 percent rise in the number of riders by 2010. Already, the number of passengers on Eurostar was up by 5 percent in the first six months of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.
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