The two sides said Sunday that the agreement reached late Saturday includes a pay increase of 1.2 percent retroactive to January, to be followed by a 0.6 percent increase in January 2011 and 0.5 percent in August 2011.
MARJAH, Afghanistan – Marines and Afghan troops cleared the last major pocket of resistance in the former Taliban-ruled town of Marjah on Saturday — part of an offensive that is the run-up to a larger showdown this year in the most strategic part of Afghanistan's dangerous south.
CONCORD, N.H. – Frustration turned to resignation Saturday for hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast struggling to survive another day waiting for utility crews to restore electricity after powerful storms socked the region with heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.
A company spokeswoman said Sunday that Toyoda, who testified at a U.S. Congressional hearing last week about the spate of global recalls plaguing Toyota Motor Corp., will be speaking at a Beijing hotel.
Shut out on the Richmond Olympic Oval so far and with just one more chance at the top of the podium, Canada's men's speedskaters pulled off a strong victory over the United States in the team pursuit on Saturday afternoon.
The Canadian actress and spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals dropped the letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a mailbox in front of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans office.
LIMA (AFP) – Ex-Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori attended Saturday the nuptials of his daughter Sachi inside the police facility where he is serving 25 years for rights abuses, local media reported.
