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Most popular news on 15 March 2009

AIG Planning $165 Million in Bonuses After Huge Bailout - New York Times
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS and PETER BAKER WASHINGTON - The American International Group, which has received more than $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money from the Treasury and Federal Reserve, plans to pay about $165 million in bonuses by Sunday to ...

Guantanamo inmates no longer "enemy combatants" - Reuters
By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration stopped calling Guantanamo inmates "enemy combatants" on Friday and incorporated international law as its basis for holding the prisoners while it works to close the facility.

Pakistani opposition leader Sharif detained: aides - Reuters
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Former Pakistani prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has been placed under house arrest in the city of Lahore, his party officials said on Sunday, hours before he was due to address a protest rally.

Most popular news on 14 March 2009

Obama's new detainee policy: Break from Bush, or the same? - Kansas City Star
By WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND CAROL ROSENBERG The Obama administration on Friday abandoned two key aspects of former President George W. Bush's policies on suspected terrorists, setting off wide debate on whether the move undercut the government's rationale ...

Madoff seeks to have bail restored - Boston Globe
By Todd Wallack One day after Bernard L. Madoff pleaded guilty to running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, his attorneys yesterday appealed the judge's order that sent the disgraced financier to jail.

Old Cycle of Political Rivalries Grips Pakistan - Voice of America
By Gary Thomas Pakistan's current political turmoil is reminiscent of past political rivalries and even involves some of the same players or their families.