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Boeing, Machinists Union Reach Deal

SEATTLE – Workers and management at Boeing Co.’s (BA) commercial airplane division hammered out a tentative agreement that could allow the airline giant to resume production quickly. Thousands of machinists will vote Thursday on whether to approve the new three-year deal, providing a potential end to a three-week strike. Approval …

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U.K. to Deport Alleged Ricin Plotters

LONDON – Britain on Thursday ordered the deportations of seven men detained as threats to national security, including some accused in a terrorist plot to spread the poison ricin. The men were being held in London and Manchester (search) under the government’s powers to deport people “whose presence in the …

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Gitmo Strikers Fed With Tube

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. military is tube-feeding more than a dozen of the 89 terror suspects on hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay (search) prison in Cuba, a spokesman said Friday. Some of the 89 striking detainees at Guantanamo have not eaten for a month, said Guantanamo …

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