[ChangeLog, announce] improvements

pmichaud++, jnthn++ for the suggestions.
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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ New in 2010.06 release
 + mix-ins with non-roles (5 but 'string')
 + @*ARGS is now read-write
 + IO::Socket::INET again works in CORE
++ hash and array slices have been greatly improved
 + basic support for callframe() and CallFrame type
 
 New in 2010.05 release

diff --git a/docs/announce/2010.06 b/docs/announce/2010.06
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ month's release better. Дякую!
 Some of the specific changes and improvements occurring with this
 release include:
 
-* The list semantics received a complete overhaul. Rakudo now uses immutable
-  iterators, and many things that should be truly lazily evaluated, now are.
+* Rakudo now uses immutable iterators internally, and generally hides
+  their existence from programmers. Many more things are now evaluated
+  lazily.
+
+* Match objects now act like real hashes and arrays.
 
 * Regexes can now interpolate variables.
 
+* Hash and array slicing has been improved.
+
 * The REPL shell now prints results, even when not explicitly asked to print
   them, thus respecting the "P" part of "REPL".
 
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ quester, Alexey Grebenschikov, Timothy Totten
 If you would like to contribute, see <http://rakudo.org/how-to-help>, ask on
 the perl6-compiler@perl.org mailing list, or ask on IRC #perl6 on freenode.
 
-The next release of Rakudo (#31) is scheduled for July 17, 2010.
+The next release of Rakudo (#31) is scheduled for July 22, 2010.
 A list of the other planned release dates and code names for 2010 is
 available in the "docs/release_guide.pod" file.  In general, Rakudo
 development releases are scheduled to occur two days after each