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Bieber asked to leave Mexico ruin site

MEXICO CITY

A Mexican official said Friday that Canadian pop star Justin Bieber and his entourage were asked to leave the Mayan archaeological site of Tulum after he apparently tried to climb onto or among the ruins.

The official of the National Institute of Anthropology and History spoke on condition of anonymity because he or she was not authorized to be quoted by name.

Bieber was visiting the seaside ruins Thursday when the incident occurred.

The official could not specify which of the site’s structures Bieber purportedly had climbed but said he was “asked to leave.”

Visitors can climb some pre-Hispanic pyramids in Mexico, but officials rope off or place “no entry” signs on some ruins that are considered vulnerable or unstable.

Bieber apparently has been on vacation in the Tulum area, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast south of Cancun, for several days.

Fashion designer, miniskirt pioneer Courreges dies at 92

PARIS

Fashion officials say French designer Andre Courreges, who laid claim to the invention of the 1960s miniskirt, has died at age 92.

His fashion house said in a statement that Courreges died Thursday night after a 30-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Courreges launched his fashion house in 1961. His eponymous label set the trends for such stars as Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve, who admired the designer’s groundbreaking geometry, plastic miniskirts, space-age silhouettes and futuristic textiles.

The house’s designs returned to the Paris catwalk last year after decades away.

French President Francois Hollande paid tribute in a statement that described Courreges as a “revolutionary designer” who “made his mark on French haute couture.”

Associated Press