21.   Hariri won the pledge during a four-day official visit to Japan, which ended Thursday, it added.

22.   Nonetheless, international negotiators reportedly failed to win a pledge from Milosevic to recognize Bosnia in exchange for a lifting of the sanctions.

23.   On Monday, the union won a pledge from employers in Baden-Wuertemberg to work toward equal pay for blue-collar and white-collar workers.

24.   On Monday, the union, IG Metall, won a pledge from employers in the state to work toward equal pay for blue-collar and white-collar workers.

25.   On Monday, the union won a pledge from employers in Baden-Wuerttemberg to work toward equal pay for blue-collar and white-collar workers.

26.   President Bill Clinton won pledges from thousands of U.S. movie theaters today to require photo identification from young people seeking admission to R-rated movies.

27.   President Clinton won pledges Monday from China, Japan and South Korea to keep pressure on North Korea to freeze its suspected nuclear weapons program.

28.   The United States is pushing a program to equip and train federation forces, but has had a hard time winning pledges to finance it.

29.   The United States is pushing a program to equip and train forces, but has had a hard time winning pledges to finance it.

30.   Toledo won pledges from major opposition groups to drop plans for marches Saturday in response to the bombing.