Section: CBC (Canada)
First bodies from MH17 tragedy en route to Netherlands
Two military aircraft carrying the first bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash left the embattled plains of eastern Ukraine Wednesday, bringing some consolation to grieving relatives still waiting for positive identifications and answers about who downed the jet. …read more Source:...
The ‘Russia crisis’ through the prism of everyday chaos: Brian Stewart
If the world seems like a confusing, chaotic place right now with rampant, sudden, often tribal violence, and no one seemingly in charge, that’s because it is, Brian Stewart writes. …read more Source:...
Ukraine honours Malaysian jet victims before bodies sent to the Netherlands
Ukraine began a departure ceremony Wednesday for the bodies of Malaysia Airlines passengers and crew who became victims of fighting raging far below them on the plains of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine prepares departure ceremony for bodies of Malaysia jet victims
Ukraine is preparing a departure ceremony for the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster, which are being flown to the Netherlands. …read more Source:...
Safe skies? How pilots avoid flying near conflict hot spots
Whether or not airspace is “safe” may not always be best judged by the nation controlling it. That was made clear following outrage over the doomed Malaysian Airlines jet’s flight path over volatile Ukraine, and again when international airlines ordered their Tel Aviv-bound commercial jets to divert due to rocket attacks....
‘She was my everything’: Dutch fathers grieve as bodies of MH17 victims return home
Two grieving Dutch fathers connected by an immense tragedy following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tell CBC News about loved ones they lost in the disaster. …read more Source:...
Putin to push Ukrainian separatists to allow MH17 crash investigation
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would use its influence with separatists in eastern Ukraine to allow a full investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 but said the West must put pressure on Kyiv to end hostilities. …read more Source:...
Train carrying bodies of Malaysian jet victims arrives in Ukraine-held city
A train carrying the remains of victims of a Malaysian plane downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine arrived in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source:...
Crash coverup of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 likely impossible
Concerns have been raised over whether pro-Russian separatists may have tampered with or hauled away debris from the Malaysia airline crash site. But some experts say there should still be enough evidence scattered about to get answers about the crash. …read more Source:...
What’s the Kremlin PR strategy after the downing of Malaysian jet?
After the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, CBC News asks three Russia experts about how the Kremlin might find a measure of support from people in the West. …read more Source:...
