Archive for March 14th, 2009

Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif put under house arrest (AFP)

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File photo of opposition leader and former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad. Pakistani police placed Sharif under house arrest on Sunday to prevent him leading a protest march, a senior police official said.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)AFP – Pakistani police placed the country’s main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif under house arrest on Sunday to prevent him leading a protest march, a senior police official said.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Insurance giant AIG to pay $165 million in bonuses (AP)

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AP – American International Group is giving its executives tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses even though it received a taxpayer bailout of more than $170 billion dollars.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Pakistani opposition leader Sharif detained: aides (Reuters)

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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.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back



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