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U.S. blames Russian President Vladimir Putin, rebels for barring crash investigators
Jul22

U.S. blames Russian President Vladimir Putin, rebels for barring crash investigators

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama has demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately take steps to assure that independent investigators have free and unimpeded access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down last week in eastern Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile. In a statement delivered...

Russia ‘loaded the gun’ that shot down Malaysian airliner: John Baird
Jul22

Russia ‘loaded the gun’ that shot down Malaysian airliner: John Baird

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird ramped up his criticism Monday of Russia — saying it “loaded the gun” used by those who last week shot down a Malaysian civilian jetliner carrying nearly 300 people. At a news conference in London, England, Baird announced that Canada will soon take new measures to punish Russian...

In pictures: Ukrainian rebels turn over black boxes
Jul22

In pictures: Ukrainian rebels turn over black boxes

Controversy continues over access to crash site amid concerns over integrity of evidence …read more Source: The Globe and...

Ukraine rebels hand over black boxes from Malaysia crash
Jul22

Ukraine rebels hand over black boxes from Malaysia crash

Senior separatist leader Aleksander Borodai told a room packed with journalists: “Here they are, the black boxes” …read more Source: The Globe and...

Ukraine rebels hand black boxes from downed plane to Malaysia experts 
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Jul22

Ukraine rebels hand black boxes from downed plane to Malaysia experts [Video]

DONETSK, Ukraine – A senior separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, handed over two black boxes from an airliner downed over eastern Ukraine to Malaysian experts in the city of Donetsk in the early hours of Tuesday. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Rebels to allow ‘safe access’ to MH17 crash site: Malaysian PM
Jul21

Rebels to allow ‘safe access’ to MH17 crash site: Malaysian PM

Malaysia’s prime minister says he has reached a deal to allow “safe access” to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...

Train carrying MH17 crash victims leaves rebel-held town
Jul21

Train carrying MH17 crash victims leaves rebel-held town

A refrigerated train bearing the bodies of many of the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane disaster has pulled away from a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...

Canada to level more sanctions against Russia in wake of MH17 crash
Jul21

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:...

John Baird calls on rebels to leave plane crash site, promises more sanctions against Russia
Jul21

John Baird calls on rebels to leave plane crash site, promises more sanctions against Russia

The Harper government says it is planning to slap more people and entities with sanctions over Russia’s continuing military actions against Ukraine. …read more Source: Calgary...

Eric Morse: Canada and Russia can’t do business now
Jul21

Eric Morse: Canada and Russia can’t do business now

Thus far, the ugliest conspiracy theory around the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has to be a rebel claim that bodies found at the crash scene “weren’t fresh” – evoking the “canned goods” black operation that the Nazis mounted at the Polish border in 1939. Last Friday, Russian Ambassador Vitaliy...