The World - Aug. 20, 2009

THURSDAY

French authorities announce Atlantic salmon have returned to the Seine River through Paris for the first time in nearly a century.

U.S. bankruptcy filings rose 38 percent in April-June from a year ago as consumers and business were hit by rising unemployment and a lack of credit. Overall, 381,073 bankruptcies were filed in the second quarter, up 15 percent from the first three months of the year and up 38 percent from a year ago.

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro marked his 83rd birthday with a gloomy warning about the global economic crisis, which is hitting his country hard and a...