A nation in shock and mourning. Flags across the Netherlands flew at half mast in memory of the 298 people who died when flight MH17 crashed in rebel controlled eastern Ukraine. In Amsterdam, thousands of people gathered outside the royal palace in Dam Square, commemorating the innocent victims caught up in a distant war. U.S. officials believe the Malaysia Airlines jet was mistakenly shot down by separatists with a Russian-supplied missile. …read more
Source: The Boston Globe
