Section: CBC (Canada)
Canada to level more sanctions against Russia in wake of MH17 crash
Canada is ready to level more sanctions against Russia in the wake of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says. …read more Source:...
Dutch PM demands access to disaster area of Flight MH17 downing
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says “all political, economic and financial options” are on the table if access doesn’t improve to the area in Eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 went down last week, killing the 298 on board. …read more Source:...
Bodies of MH17 victims at risk as power fails on refrigerated train
The chaotic Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 recovery effort stumbled again Monday, with more bodies found at the sprawling crash site but a worrisome power outage in the refrigerated train holding over 200 of the dead. …read more Source:...
Fighting erupts near MH17 crash site as Ukrainian troops assault Donetsk
Fighting broke out near the railway station in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, with artillery fire sending plumes of smoke skywards in what separatists said was an attempt by government forces to enter the city they seized in April. …read more Source:...
Putin accuses critics of MH17 handling of having ‘mercenary objectives’
Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out Monday against those who he said were exploiting the downing of a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for “mercenary objectives.” …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Missile’s lack of radar may have led to ‘tragic mistake’
If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn’t have the right systems in place to distinguish between military and civilian aircraft, experts said Saturday. …read more Source:...
Observers in talks to take custody of bodies from MH17 plane crash
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said European monitors at the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 are negotiating with pro-Russia separatists to bring a train that is holding dead bodies from the flight under the control of the Ukrainian government. …read more Source:...
Rebels take full control of bodies from MH17 plane crash
Rebels in eastern Ukraine took full control Sunday of the bodies recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, and European leaders issued a strong call for Russian President Vladimir Putin to make sure international investigators had full access to the crash site. …read more Source:...
AIDS conference holds moment of silence for Malaysian jet crash victims
An international AIDS conference opened in Australia on Sunday with a tribute to several delegates who were killed en route to the gathering when their plane was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Rebels to give MH17 black boxes to aviation group
Rebels have recovered the black boxes from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and will hand them over to the International Civil Aviation Organization, a rebel leader said Sunday. …read more Source:...
