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Lithuania Slams French Warship Deal with Russia During Ukraine Crisis
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite said on Tuesday that European Union was compromising its values to protect trade ties with Russia, pointing to a French warship agreement with Moscow. …read more Source:...
Dutch Twitter Avatars Go Black Demanding MH17 Bodies’ Return
Dutch social media users are turning their profile photos black and tweeting the hashtag #BringThemHome as anger mounts that bodies from flight MH17 have not yet been repatriated from Ukraine. …read more Source:...
World › Ukraine rebels hand over MH17 black boxes, call ceasefire
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday handed over two black boxes recovered from the crash site of the MH17 jet to Malaysian officials at a press conference. They also announced a ceasefire within a 10-kilometer radius around the crash site to allow international investigators to safely access the vast… …read more...
Ukraine rebels release bodies and flight data from Malaysia jet crash
Bowing to international pressure Monday, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine. With body parts decaying in sweltering heat and signs that evidence at the crash site was mishandled, anger in...
Obama urges immediate access to Ukraine crash site
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama sternly called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to compel Kremlin-backed separatists to stop hampering the probe at the Ukraine site of a downed passenger jet and allow international investigators unfettered access. “We have to make sure the truth is out and accountability exists,” Obama said...
Canada to impose further Russia sanctions over Ukraine
OTTAWA, Canada–Canada’s prime minister on Monday announced further economic sanctions against Russian entities and individuals, calling the downing of flight MH17 a “direct product of Russia’s military aggression and illegal occupation” of Ukraine. Stephen Harper also called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to...
Malaysia Airlines picks Syria route now
Malaysia Airlines re-routed a Kuala Lumpur-to-London flight over Syrian airspace on Sunday after its usual route over Ukraine was closed, flight tracking data showed on Monday. …read more Source: The Times of...
UN Security Council condemns MH17 downing
With the backing of Russia, the UN Security Council on Monday (July 21) unanimously condemned the downing of a Malaysian passenger jet and demanded full access to the crash site in rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebels hand over MH17 black boxes, call ceasefire
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday (July 22) handed over two black boxes recovered from the crash site of the MH17 jet to Malaysian officials at a press conference. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia under fire as train with MH17 bodies leaves rebel station
Western powers on Monday ratcheted up the pressure on Moscow over the Malaysian plane disaster, as a train loaded with some 280 bodies was finally allowed to leave a rebel-held station four days after the jet crashed in strife-torn east Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
