Section: US & Canada
40 Bodies From MH17 Solemnly Returned to Dutch Soil
(EINDHOVEN, Netherlands) — Victims of the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine returned at last Wednesday to Dutch soil in 40 wooden coffins, solemnly and gently carried to 40 identical hearses, flags at half-staff flapping in the wind. MoreEU Preparing Further Sanctions Against Russia After MH17 CrashMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash:...
Amsterdam Remembers MH17 Victims In Silent March
Dressed in white, Amsterdam residents walked silently through the city’s streets on July 23 in memory of the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, 193 of whom were Dutch. Flags on government and private buildings flew at half mast as mourners released hundreds of white balloons into the sky from the capital’s Dam Square....
Disenchanted With Putin, Some Russians Are Voting With Their Feet
By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW (Reuters) – Most of Vladimir Paley’s clients want him to dig up their family history with one goal in mind: making a case to obtain foreign citizenship and leave Russia. Six months ago the soft-spoken genealogist had few such requests, but this month he hired an assistant to help him with the flow of...
Ukraine Separatists Had Surface-to-Air Missiles, Rebel Leader Admits
A separatist commander in Ukraine admitted Wednesday that pro-Russian fighters possessed the surface-to-air BUK missiles that are believed to have brought down the Malaysia Airlines commercial flight in the east of the country last week. Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of the Vostok Battalion, told Reuters that separatist groups had possession...
Donetsk Rebel Commander Admits Having Buk Missiles
In a July 22 interview with Reuters, pro-Russian separatist commander Aleksandr Khodakovsky admitted the separatists had the type of antiaircraft missiles believed to have been used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine. Khodakovsky, the commander of the insurgents’ Vostok Battalion, told Reuters he “knew a Buk was...
Long odds for justice in Malaysia jet disaster
The airliner’s destruction over eastern Ukraine on July 17 might qualify as a war crime or a crime against humanity, but winning a guilty verdict would be difficult because it would require proving there was a systematic or widespread attack against civilians, experts said. “Malaysia Airlines was a clearly identified commercial...
2 planes with more Malaysia jet victims to leave Ukraine
Containers holding remains of victims of the Malaysia jet crash were loaded aboard two military transports to go to the Netherlands Thursday on the second day of the airlift, while Australia dispatched 50 police officers to prepare to join a proposed UN team to secure the crash site. …read more Source:...
-Dutch Mourn as First MH17 Bodies Arrive in Netherlands
A nation in shock and mourning. Flags across the Netherlands flew at half mast in memory of the 298 people who died when flight MH17 crashed in rebel controlled eastern Ukraine. In Amsterdam, thousands of people gathered outside the royal palace in Dam Square, commemorating the innocent victims caught up in a distant war. U.S. officials believe...
Communist Faction In Ukrainian Parliament Dissolved
Ukrainian parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has dissolved the Communist faction in the parliament. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Australia readies 50 police to send to Ukraine
Australia has sent 50 police to London in anticipation of deploying them to Ukraine to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a potential U.N. team that’s under consideration, the Australian prime minister said Thursday. …read more Source: Miami...
