Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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Engineers union files complaint, accuses Boeing of intimidation
The Boeing logo is seen on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane in Long Beach(Reuters) – A union representing engineers and technical workers at Boeing Co filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board accusing the airplane maker's security personnel of stopping union members from distri buting leaflets on a labor contract ballot at the Everett factory. Boeing and the union, that represents its 23,000 engineers, are locked in a labor contract dispute. Boeing is currently beset by battery problems on board of its Dreamliner jets. The new contract proposed by Boeing is now being voted by the union members. …


VP: Chavez getting 'complex and tough' treatments
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo released by Cuba's state newspaper Granma, Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, receives Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba. Chavez arrived in Cuba on Dec. 10, 2012 for a fourth cancer-related operation after designating Vice President Nicolas Maduro as his political heir. (AP Photo/Granma, File)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing "extremely complex and tough treatments" following cancer surgery, his vice president said Wednesday.


Israel publishes some details as Australian spy mystery deepens
The grave of Ben Zygier is pictured at a Jewish cemetery in MelbourneJERUSALEM/CANBERRA (Reuters) – Israel broke its official silence on Wednesday over the reported suicide in jail of an Australian immigrant recruited to its spy service Mossad, giving limited details about a closely guarded case that has raised questions in Israel and Australia. In an apparent reversal on previous statements, Australia's foreign minister said on Thursday his ministry had known about the man's jailing in Israel as early as February 2010. On Wednesday he said Australian diplomats in Israel only knew about the detention after his death in custody later that year. …


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