Boeing Strike Roots Post 9/11 Negotiations
About 18,400 Machinists at Boeing walked out after rejecting a three year contract seen as insulting. Workers, led by Mark Blondin, cite 2002 deals tied to post 9/11 hardships as a key grievance. Boeing cautions talks may resume while noting business realities. Shares fell to 64.50 on the NYSE.
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Wash
Boeing Machinists
Machinists
Mark Blondin
Machinists District Lodge 751
Boeing
Puget Sound
Gresham
Ore
Wichita
Kan
Charles Bickers
Connie Kelliher
New York Stock Exchange
Airbus Sas
Russian diplomat at UN pleads not guilty
Vladimir Kuznetsov, 48, chairs a U.N. budget committee and is charged with conspiring to hide funds from foreign companies seeking contracts with the United Nations. He was arrested by the FBI on $1.5 million bail after prosecutors say he took a share of proceeds from an offshore setup.
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U.N
FBI
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Marion Seltzer
Kofi Annan
U.S
Farhan Hag
John Bolton
Annan
U.N. Secretariat
Itar-Tass
Three crew members die from toxic gas on cruise ship
In Los Angeles a Royal Caribbean crew section repairing a sewage pipe aboard the Monarch of the Seas was exposed to toxic gas. Three crew members died within seconds while 19 others were checked for exposure. passengers were disembarking as the ship returned from a Mexico coast cruise.
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Royal Caribbean
Barbara Yu
Los Angeles County Fire Department
City Fire Department
Lou Roupoli
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Roupoli
Coast Guard
J.g
Tony Migliorini
Yvonne Powers
Sac
Ramento
Ensenada
Iraqi constitution talks continue as streets fill with protests
In Baghdad negotiators seek minor language tweaks to win Sunni approval for the draft charter, while thousands of Shiite supporters and Sunni opponents march to voice views ahead of the October referendum. Officials caution against expectations of major changes despite ongoing talks.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Washington
U.S
Saddam
United States
Khalid al- Attiyah
Jury awards 4.7 million to Hanford workers over firings
A Yakima jury awarded more than 4.7 million to 11 workers who say Fluor Federal Services fired them for raising safety concerns at Hanford nuclear reservation. Awards ranged from 89,700 to 553,000 with lost wages and distress damages. The suit, filed six years ago, was seen as a message to managers about addressing safety concerns.
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Hanford
Yakima
Wash
Fluor Federal Services
Tom Carpenter
Government Accountability Project
Randall Walli
GAP
Walli
Global tensions rise after Pakistan Israel talks fuel protests
Islamic hardliners in Pakistan condemn high level talks with Israel with protests in major cities. In Britain a video of London bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan shocks Muslims as he defends the July 7 attacks, prompting calls to calm conspiracy theories. Khan, born in Pakistan, grew up in Leeds and his family remains in hiding after the bombings.
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Pakistan
Israel
Gaza Strip
Foreign Ministry
Mohammed Naeem Khan
Pervez Musharraf
Ariel Sharon
U.N. General Assembly
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Kasuri
al Jazeera
Mohammed Sidique Khan
London
Leeds
England
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Yorkshire
al-Jazeera
Irshad Hussain
Khan
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
BBC
Sidique
Malik
Beeston
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