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U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, right, speaks with Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay after his visit to a Syrian refugee camp in Yayladagi, Turkey, April 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Bulent Kilic, Pool)

Kofi Annan seeks Iran’s help in Syria crisis

TEHRAN, Iran — Special envoy Kofi Annan said Wednesday in Tehran that Iran could help solve the crisis in Syria, where activists reported fresh violence near the capital Damascus a day before an international cease-fire is supposed to take effect.

Message to women: Demand equal pay to receive equal pay

OGDEN -- In the years ahead, employers will become more likely to pay women a wage as high as their male peers, more likely to tolerate flexible schedules if workers are doing a good job and less likely to prejudge employees by their race, predicts Zions Bank's senior vice president of communications.

That's the good news, Chris Redgrave told a student at Weber State University last week.

(PAUL SAKUMA/The Associated Press) In this file photo taken Feb. 28, 2011, a new 2011 Chrysler 200 is on display at a dealership in Burlingame, Calif. The United Auto Workers has asked local union leaders from Chrysler factories to meet in Detroit, normally a sign the union has agreed to a new contract with an automaker.

Chrysler, UAW agree on new contract

DETROIT — Chrysler Group LLC and the United Auto Workers negotiators agreed on a new four-year contract early Wednesday that creates 2,100 new jobs.

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