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March 31, 2009

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Headlines from March 31, 2009

Contracts Now Seen as Being Rewritable

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and JONATHAN GLATER

The depth of the recession and the use of taxpayer dollars to bail out companies have made it politically acceptable for overseers to tinker with employment agreements.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 25, 2009, covering March 31, 2009.

  1. 1
    Album cover for All I Ever Wanted by Kelly Clarkson

    All I Ever Wanted

    Kelly Clarkson

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    Album cover for Love V/S Money by The-Dream

    Love V/S Money

    The-Dream

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    Peak
    2
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    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for No Line On The Horizon by U2

    No Line On The Horizon

    U2

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    Album cover for Round 2 by J. Holiday

    Round 2

    J. Holiday

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  5. 5
    Album cover for Fearless by Taylor Swift

    Fearless

    Taylor Swift

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    Peak
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    18

Notable Deaths

RaĂșl AlfonsĂ­n

2009RaĂșl AlfonsĂ­n, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (born 1927)[†]

RaĂșl Ricardo AlfonsĂ­n was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after the 7-years National Reorganization Process. Ideologically, he identified as a radical and a social democrat, serving as the leader of the Radical Civic Union from 1983 to 1991, 1993 to 1995, 1999 to 2001, with his political approach being known as "Alfonsinism".

Choor Singh

2009Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (born 1911)[†]

Choor Singh Sidhu, known professionally as Choor Singh, was a Singaporean lawyer who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore and, particularly after his retirement from the bench, a philanthropist and writer of books about Sikhism. Born to a family of modest means in Punjab, India, he came to Singapore at four years of age. He completed his secondary education in the top class at Raffles Institution in 1929, then worked as a clerk in a law firm before becoming a civil servant in the Official Assignee's office.

Historical Context for March 31, 2009

In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]