TechCrunch:
Like a love child of eBay and CouchSurfing.com or craigslist, AirBnB lets anyone that owns space fit for accommodating travelers – be it a couch in a small apartment or the master bedroom of a 19th-century castle – post that space as a listing on its website and connect potential renters to its respective owners. Once calle (Read More)
The Guardian:
Why does a bill to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law stand little chance of being passed?All political parties say they want to improve life for children in this country. Conservatives say they want to make the UK the most "family-friendly country in the world", while Gordon Brown says, "O (Read More)
The Guardian:
Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militiaVenezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours.Soldiers destroyed the walkways because they were bei (Read More)
The Guardian:
Thirteen killed and 30 wounded including children after suicide bomber detonated explosives in crowded square in city of FarahA suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others today in a busy city square in western Afghanistan.Several children were among those wounded i (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
British peer says she will show she is the best person for the job of European foreign minister over the next few months and yearsEurope's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic climax last night when the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and British peer Cathy Ashton (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Christine Lagarde: 'It's sad to have qualified on this cheating'• Henry is a 'good person and great player', says BeckhamWorld soccer's governing body Fifa should order replays of matches where "cheating" affects the outcome, a senior French government minister said on Friday.France sealed their place at the 2010 World Cu (Read More)
The Guardian:
After a turbulent 500 years it is understandable – I sometimes feel like putting my feet up too – but it is a mistakeIt's not true that last night's appointments at the EU's Brussels conclave are without historic precedence. When the Italian politician Signor Caligula was president of the European commission during one of t (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
• Young children seen as more vulnerable to H1N1• Parents urged to take up vaccine if given a chanceOwen BowcottHealthy children aged between six months and five years old will be vaccinated against swine flu from next month, the Department of Health has confirmed.The expansion of the government's inoculation programme com (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Keri Hulme's The Bone People deals with hefty issues surrounding Maori displacement. Shame it breaks down too easily into bad writing and spiritual nonsenseThe buzz when The Bone People won the Booker prize in 1986 was all about the struggle Keri Hulme had to bring it to publication. First there was the monumental effort of (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Stofile: 'Caster has been found innocent of any wrong'• 'Her future is in her own hands' claims sport minsterCaster Semenya, the South African athlete who was ordered to undergo gender verification tests following her victory at the World Championships in Berlin, will be allowed to keep the 800m gold medal she won accordi (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Henry is 'a good person and a great player' says Beckham• 'I really don't think he meant it, I don't think he is a cheat'David Beckham has come to Thierry Henry's defence after many branded the France striker a cheat for his handball in the build up to France's crucial goal against Ireland in the World Cup qualifier play- (Read More)
The Guardian:
• 'To replay the match would cause chaos for football'• 'The referee's decision on points of fact are final'Ireland's hopes of being granted a replay of their controversial World Cup qualifier play-off second leg with France have collapsed after Fifa ruled out the possibility of re-staging the match.The FIA had written to f (Read More)
Guardian Unlimited: Technology:
So how's Twitter going to make any money? One of its biggest fans, British actor and polymath Stephen Fry, gave co-founder Biz Stone one idea when the pair shared a Nesta panel in London on Thursday…"Supposing I was to say to someone: 'you can have my Twitter identity for an hour on Wednesday if you pay me x pounds and you (Read More)