Egypt approves 15 percent raise for govt employees

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt’s embattled regime announced Monday a 15 percent increase in salaries and pensions in the latest attempt to defuse popular anger amid protests demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. The cabinet decision follows earlier promises to investigate election fraud and official corruption, which have done little to persuade the tens of thousands occupying downtown’s Tahrir Square to end their two-week long protest.