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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Obama and AIG profits taxation
House votes to recoup bonuses from bailed-out firms
WASHINGTON. Moving with unusual speed, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to recoup most of the $165 million in bonuses paid to American International Group Inc employees.
Responding to public and political outrage to the bonuses after the insurer received a government bailout up to $180 billion, lawmakers voted 328-93 for a bill to impose a 90 percent tax on bonuses for executives whose incomes exceed $250,000.
The tax would apply to executives of any company that received at least $5 billion in government bailout money. A different measure to recover the bonus money was expected to be considered by the Senate.
(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky and Susan Cornwell, editing by Neil Stempleman and David Storey)
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Fritzl changes his plea
ST. POELTEN, AUSTRIA. Josef Fritzl reversed his plea and admitted guilt on all charges yesterday after watching the daughter he locked up and raped for 24 years describe her ordeal in 11 hours of video testimony.
His defense lawyer later said he thought the sight of his daughter Elisabeth giving shocking testimony had forced Fritzl to change his plea.
The 73-year-old Austrian, who fathered seven children with his daughter in a purpose-built cellar under his house, admitted enslaving her and murdering one of their babies by neglecting to seek medical treatment for the infant. Defense lawyer Rudolf Mayer said: “He saw his daughter on the video for the first time and I think that this could have brought about the change.”
He is likely to face the rest of his life behind bars.
Mumbai businessman arrested for 'raping' daughters
The mother of the girls has also been arrested for abetting the crime. The case bears a sinister resemblance to that of Josef Fritzl in Austria, who confined his daughter to a cellar in his house for 24 years and repeatedly raped her, even as he fathered seven children.
According to police the couple were under the influence of a 'tantrik', who told them in July 2000 that the family would prosper if the father were to have a sexual relationship with his daughter, who was then 12 years. The 'tantrik' too has been arrested after the daughters filed a complaint.
Senior inspector Mukund Mahajan said the matter is being investigated and the trio would be produced in court on Thursday.
The businessman, who hails from Gujarat, owns a manufacturing unit of radium plates and automobiles in Andheri.