Elsewhere,music fans attending Britain's biggest festival this weekend at Glastonbury were shocked to hear the news.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

By last weekend, the euro was trading at about $1.36, compared to $1.45 in December.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

Nicci Reisnour is a doctoral student in musicology at Cornell University, and she makes the five-hour commute to New York City every weekend for Dharma Swara rehearsals.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

Mr.Obama will interrupt a family weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat on Monday to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

VOA: standard.2009.05.23

On the streets of London this weekend, people vented their fears, frustrations and anger at the bankers and the politicians they see as responsible for the economic woes they are feeling in their daily lives.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"We were here before a couple of times and I made the reservation at the Red Lion Inn about a year ago because I knew it would be very difficult this weekend when I heard about the festival.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25