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Tribal leader Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar  is surrounded by bodyguards as he walks in his house

A Yemeni government official tells the Associated Press news agency that President Saleh has been moved to a hospital for treatment for wounds obtained in shelling attack on the presidential palace in capital Sanaa.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he is not authorised to comment to the press, did not say why Saleh was taken to the Defense Ministry hospital, AP reported.

I started this morning planning to write a general blog about Yemen, but events took a dramatic turn this afternoon – and are still developing. Let's start with the official version. The presidential palace in Yemen was hit by shells on Friday. Government sources said at first that President Saleh was unhurt and would be giving a news conference within an hour.

The news conference didn't happen and the new line seems to be that the president has been slightly injured and is now in hospital.

At present, there is no way of knowing if this is true. Being taken to hospital could explain why Saleh hasn't given the promised news conference. So would being killed. We can't be absolutely sure that Saleh is still alive until he is seen on television talking about what happened.

If he were dead, Yemeni officials wouldn't necessarily say so until the resulting power vacuum had been filled. Similarly, if his injuries were serious, officials might still be expected to describe them as slight.

The only thing we can be sure of is that he is not uninjured – otherwise he would have been on television by now, describing his escape. Saying that he is in hospital provides the regime with a sort of holding position which in due course will allow for him to either recover or get worse.

So, what does this mean for the Yemeni uprising?

In what might be the best scenario for Yemen's future, Saleh would be seriously injured but not dead. In fact, sufficiently injured for the doctors to decide that he needs urgent treatment abroad.

Flying him out of the country for medical reasons would provide a near-perfect exit from the crisis. The vice-president could take over and Yemen could begin to calm down. It's unlikely that anyone would want Saleh back if or when he recovered.

Probably the worst scenario would be a lightly-wounded president who returns to the fray within a day or two, with renewed ferocity, to wreak his revenge.

The least predictable scenario would be if Saleh has actually been killed. In theory, his vice-president should step into the breach while new elections are arranged, but there would also be a possibility of a power struggle behind the scenes if his death were concealed for long.

Whichever of these turns out to be correct, Yemen badly needs a solution soon. It's not just the violence – which hopefully will subside once Saleh goes – but the impending economic collapse. Whatever happens on the political front, the repercussions of that will be felt for years to come.

Shops and restaurants are closing, queues for petrol are lengthening, electricity supplies are erratic and people are hoarding basic supplies (including even water) according to a report in the New York Times.

Nobody is quite sure how much money the country and its government still have left. Tax collection has come more or less to a halt. Saleh, who needs to continue paying his supporters, is said to have been demanding multi-million dollar loans from Yemeni businessmen. Diplomats have also been enquiring about rumours that he has raided the coffers of the Central Bank

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Matt Damon has praised hospital staff for helping his dad battle cancer.

Kent was treated at Massachusetts General Hospital for the rare blood cancer multiple myeloma, and Damon, 40, returned home to speak at the hospital's One Hundred Celebration fundraiser earlier this week, People magazine reported.

'My family is so grateful for the care you've given us,' he said. 'It's deeply humbling to see how many people here are committing their lives to helping others.

'We've lost some close personal friends to cancer in recent years, but I never thought it would happen to my dad, the marathon runner. It sucked.'

His father is believed to be in remission and hoping to make a full recovery.

Matt Damon has praised hospital staff for helping his dad battle cancer.

Kent was treated at Massachusetts General Hospital for the rare blood cancer multiple myeloma, and Damon, 40, returned home to speak at the hospital's One Hundred Celebration fundraiser earlier this week, People magazine reported.

'My family is so grateful for the care you've given us,' he said. 'It's deeply humbling to see how many people here are committing their lives to helping others.

'We've lost some close personal friends to cancer in recent years, but I never thought it would happen to my dad, the marathon runner. It sucked.'

His father is believed to be in remission and hoping to make a full recovery.

Singer Rihanna has responded to the criticism she has received for her new controversial music video Man Down, insisting 'this is the real world'.

Taking to her Twitter page yesterday the 23-year-old claimed she was a 'rockstar not a parent' and that she had 'the freedom to make art'.

The Parents Television Council slammed the Barbadian beauty's video for showing a 'cold, calculated execution of murder'.

The clip shows her taking revenge on an alleged rapist by gunning him down.

But Rhi Rhi, who is herself a victim of domestic violence, disagreed with the comments.

She wrote: 'I'm a 23 year old rockstar with NO KIDS! What's up with everybody wanting me to be a parent? I'm just a girl, I can only be your/our voice!

'Cuz we all know how difficult/embarrassing it is to communicate touchy subject matters to anyone especially our parents!

'The music industry isn't exactly Parents R Us! We have the freedom to make art, LET US! Its your job to make sure they don't turn out like US.'

Singer Rihanna has responded to the criticism she has received for her new controversial music video Man Down, insisting 'this is the real world'.

Taking to her Twitter page yesterday the 23-year-old claimed she was a 'rockstar not a parent' and that she had 'the freedom to make art'.

The Parents Television Council slammed the Barbadian beauty's video for showing a 'cold, calculated execution of murder'.

The clip shows her taking revenge on an alleged rapist by gunning him down.

But Rhi Rhi, who is herself a victim of domestic violence, disagreed with the comments.

She wrote: 'I'm a 23 year old rockstar with NO KIDS! What's up with everybody wanting me to be a parent? I'm just a girl, I can only be your/our voice!

'Cuz we all know how difficult/embarrassing it is to communicate touchy subject matters to anyone especially our parents!

'The music industry isn't exactly Parents R Us! We have the freedom to make art, LET US! Its your job to make sure they don't turn out like US.'

Disney star Selena Gomez has cut images of painted horses from her new video for Love You Like A Love Song after been criticised by animal right activists, including singer Pink.

The Raise Your Glass hitmaker blasted 18-year-old Selena after images of her posing with a horse painted pink on the beach in Malibu, California, were released.

Pink, 31, tweeted: 'If there are any animal activists around Malibu-at Leo Cabrillo State Beach, there are horses being painted for a stupid music video. Artists should be more aware and responsible for their actions.'

Representatives for Gomez responded to the outrage, insisting no horses were harmed during the filming.

But it looks like the Wizards of Waverly Place star took Pink's comments to heart as according to E! Online, the colour-enhanced horses will no longer be featured in the clip's final cut.

Disney star Selena Gomez has cut images of painted horses from her new video for Love You Like A Love Song after been criticised by animal right activists, including singer Pink.

The Raise Your Glass hitmaker blasted 18-year-old Selena after images of her posing with a horse painted pink on the beach in Malibu, California, were released.

Pink, 31, tweeted: 'If there are any animal activists around Malibu-at Leo Cabrillo State Beach, there are horses being painted for a stupid music video. Artists should be more aware and responsible for their actions.'

Representatives for Gomez responded to the outrage, insisting no horses were harmed during the filming.

But it looks like the Wizards of Waverly Place star took Pink's comments to heart as according to E! Online, the colour-enhanced horses will no longer be featured in the clip's final cut.

British singer Cheryl Cole reportedly has to go to the US embassy in London to apply for a visa to be paid for her work on the US version of X Factor.

Her producers Fremantle are said to be trying to avoid paying the 27-year-old, who was axed from the talent competition after recording just four shows, the £1.2 million she was due to receive and are saying she has to go to the US embassy in London to apply for a visa.

A source told The Hollywood Reporter: 'They don't want to pay her. It's a chess match.'

According to the insider, Geordie Cole wants to be paid for her work out of principle because she had moved to Los Angeles for the job.

The Promise This singer is allegedly going to apply for the visa so she can appear as a judge on the final edit of the talent competition.

The report also suggests that Cheryl's team believe that music mogul Simon Cowell was behind her dismissal as, 'he thinks he can move people around like chess pieces.'

British singer Cheryl Cole reportedly has to go to the US embassy in London to apply for a visa to be paid for her work on the US version of X Factor.

Her producers Fremantle are said to be trying to avoid paying the 27-year-old, who was axed from the talent competition after recording just four shows, the £1.2 million she was due to receive and are saying she has to go to the US embassy in London to apply for a visa.

A source told The Hollywood Reporter: 'They don't want to pay her. It's a chess match.'

According to the insider, Geordie Cole wants to be paid for her work out of principle because she had moved to Los Angeles for the job.

The Promise This singer is allegedly going to apply for the visa so she can appear as a judge on the final edit of the talent competition.

The report also suggests that Cheryl's team believe that music mogul Simon Cowell was behind her dismissal as, 'he thinks he can move people around like chess pieces.'

160th Anniversary of the First World's Fair and Google doodle today is special to remember it.

The main attractions at World's Fairs are the national pavilions, created by participating countries. At Expo 2000 Hannover, where countries created their own architecture, the average pavilion investment was around €13 million. Given these costs, governments are sometimes skeptical about participation as benefits are often assumed not to outweigh the costs. Tangible effects are difficult to measure; however, an independent study for the Dutch pavilion at Expo 2000 estimated the pavilion (which cost around €35 million) generated around €350 million of potential revenues for the Dutch economy. It also identified several key success factors for world exposition pavilions in general