Fame has its "ups and downs," even for Canadian teenaged singing sensation Justin Bieber who is enjoying a lot of "ups" these days on his European tour that has now spread "Biebermania" to Belgium.
While the 17-year-old heartthrob appears to have the female pre-teen world at his feet, he faces challenges growing up in the media spotlight and with a grueling tour that causes him to lose track of where in the world his next plane is headed.
Security forces detained between 50 and 60 protesters in clashes on Friday in the Omani industrial town of Sohar, witnesses said.
The violence on Friday during a fifth week of protests involved the use of knives, stones, teargas and rubber bullets, Oman's general prosecutor said.
Novak Djokovic's remarkable run continued Friday as he steamed into the final of the ATP's Miami Masters 1000 with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Mardy Fish.
Djokovic stretched his 2011 winning streak to 23 straight matches and will have a chance to add the Miami crown to the Australian Open, Dubai and Indian Wells Masters 1000 titles captured already this year.
The wife of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a possible contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, said in an interview that a bid for the presidency by her husband "horrifies me."
Speaking to the ABC television affiliate in Biloxi, Mississippi, Marsha Barbour admitted that the task of a presidential run would be "overwhelming" and is something she may not be quite ready for.
The U.S. economy may add jobs more rapidly in coming months as the recovery gathers steam, but that is not a reason for the Federal Reserve to reverse course, a top Fed official said on Friday.
The U.S. central bank has kept interest rates near zero since December 2008 and launched a $600 billion bond-purchase program in November designed to further support the U.S. economic recovery. At its last meeting, the Fed unanimously voted to keep the bond purchase program, which is scheduled to be completed in June, unchanged.
On stage, she cuts a striking figure. It isn't her trendy clothes or Gypsy earrings, but her flamenco guitar: it's a man's instrument in a man's world. Spaniards are even more startled to discover Caroline Plante is a French-speaking Canadian.
But the insular and machismo-fueled world of Spain's most treasured music form has opened its arms to Plante, whose artistry has compelled even its most finicky fans to sit up and take notice.
Special counter-terrorism forces from the United Arab Emirates on Saturday began an operation to free an Abu Dhabi-owned vessel held by pirates in the Arabian Sea, WAM state news agency said, quoting a military official.
The special forces have moved to "take control of the MV Arrilah-I which was hijacked by pirates early on Friday in the Arabian Sea," the official said, according to WAM.
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Small garden birds which were hit by the long, harsh winter a year ago have bounced back in Britain this year, according to results from the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch survey.
Sightings of goldcrests, the UK?s smallest birds, doubled, long tailed tits increased by a third and coal tits increased by a quarter.
The U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday it will fine Virginia Tech $55,000 for waiting more than two hours to alert the campus of an April 2007 shooting.
Two students were killed by gunfire in a residence hall the morning of April 16, 2007. Soon after the university notified the campus that a shooting had occurred, student Seung Hui Cho continued his rampage that left 32 people dead and more wounded in a classroom building elsewhere on the campus.
