Section: US & Canada
Japan to step up sanctions against Russia following Malaysian airliner disaster
Japan is stepping up sanctions against Russia over the unrest in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia hopes for ‘impartial’ Malaysia jet crash investigation
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday dug his heels in on the war in Ukraine and Russia’s alleged involvement in the conflict, saying that Kiev had overstepped its bounds in fighting the insurgency. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
US: Russia has fired rockets into Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Stepping up pressure on Moscow, the U.S. has released satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for separatists has crossed the border. …read more Source: Boston...
Black boxes show MH17 suffered massive decompression after shrapnel hit
A Ukrainian security spokesman says data from the recovered flight data recorders shows Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed due to a massive, explosive loss of pressure after being punctured multiple times by shrapnel. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Missile Shrapnel Destroyed Plane
Data retrieved from the black boxes aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 showed the plane was destroyed by “massive explosive decompression” caused by shrapnel from a missile, Ukrainian authorities said. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
World War I Anniversary: Five Historians, Two Questions
One hundred years after the beginning of World War I, historians are still wondering how it started. Meanwhile many of the rest of us wonder if the global situation today is as perilous as it was on the eve of that cataclysm. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Sarah Palin’s Low-Budget TV Channel Is Pricier Than Netflix
Sarah Palin is returning to her roots in low-budget television–but this time, she’s on the web, the focus is American politics, and she owns the network. The Sarah Palin Channel launched Sunday, asking prospective viewers for 9.95 per month–96 cents more than Netflix–or 99.95 a year. (No word on whether subscribers get...
Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine — An international police team abandoned its attempt to reach the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane for a second day running Monday as clashes raged in a town on the road to the area.With government troops intensifying their push to claw back more territory from pro-Russian separatist rebels, the death toll is...
'Massive explosive decompression' downed MH17: Kiev
Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 may be a war crime, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says …read more Source: The Globe and...
UN rights chief: Flight 17 possible war crime
GENEVA (AP) — The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 may be a war crime, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Monday. Pillay, the U.N.’s top human rights official, called for a thorough investigation into the violation of international law that occurred when the flight was shot down with a surface-to-air...
