Section: US & Canada
Russia blocks UN tribunal on downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Jared M. FeldschreiberUNITED NATIONS, July 29 (UPI) — Russia vetoed a UN resolution Wednesday to create an international tribunal and prosecute those who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: United Press...
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: CNS...
Russia Vetoes Tribunal For Malaysia Airlines Flight Downed Over Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS, July 29 (Reuters) – Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that would have set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine.Eleven countries on the 15-member council voted in favor of the...
Munich to Continue Ban of Stumbling Stone Holocaust Memorials
Munich’s city council voted Wednesday to uphold a ban on the placement of plaque-topped cobblestones that for years have served as memorials to Holocaust victims in towns throughout Germany. First instituted in 2004, the ban on the Stolpersteine, or stumbling stones, does not allow the small memorials to be embedded in Munich streets as...
Ukraine Tells Depardieu to Get Lost
Earlier today, the Ukrainian authorities banned French film star Gérard Depardieu from entering the country for five years. A government spokeswoman confirmed that he’s been placed on an official blacklist of public figures deemed hostile to Ukrainian sovereignty. The decision didn’t come as a complete surprise. Depardieu has been...
Russia uses U.N. veto power to scuttle tribunal for MH-17 downing
Russia on Wednesday used its veto power in the U.N. Security Council to scuttle an international tribunal to identify and punish those responsible for the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over Ukraine a year ago in which all 298 on board were killed. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russia Vetoes U.N. Resolution on Tribunal for Malaysia Airlines Crash in Ukraine
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had called the effort to investigate the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 “untimely and counterproductive.” …read more Source: The New York...
Russia Blocks Criminal Prosecution in Malaysia Airlines Crash
(UNITED NATIONS) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. The foreign ministers of the Netherlands, Australia and Ukraine attended a meeting over the downing that killed all...
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal, despite late lobbying of Putin …read more Source:...
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: U.S....
