Archive for July, 2009

US file-sharer gets $700,000 fine

A US student is told to pay 5,000 (£404,000) to record labels for breaking copyright laws after sharing music online.

Former boxer Gatti’s body exhumed

The body of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti is exhumed in Canada for a second autopsy at his family’s request.

Cuba delays rare party congress

Cuban President Raul Castro postpones what would have been the the ruling Communist Party’s first congress since 1997.

Obama sees US economy improving

Barack Obama says new figures on the US economy indicate progress is being made in tackling the country’s problems.

BANGLADESH: Too young to marry

DHAKA Friday, July 31, 2009 (IRIN) – Too many teenage girls are getting married in Bangladesh today, say health specialists.