Section: US & Canada
‘The world must choose sides’
In the wake of the attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, “every country, including Russia,” must determine whether it is “together with the terrorists or together with the civilized world,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday. …read more Source:...
Flight 17 victims’ bodies finally heading home
4 days after Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over eastern Ukraine, train carrying most victims reaches gov’t territory for identification …read more Source:...
2 dogs among casualties of Malaysia Airlines crash
A cargo manifest revealed that two dogs were among the casualties of the doomed Malaysian jet that fell from the sky in eastern Ukraine this week. …read more Source:...
Train goes to Kharkiv with crash victims remains
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — A train carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday on their way to the Netherlands, a journey which has been agonizingly slow for relatives of the victims. A summit meeting of the leaders of EU’s 28 member states the...
Opinion: Why rush to put Putin in dock?
Did you have a Franz Ferdinand moment when you first heard about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashing in eastern Ukraine? …read more Source:...
Jon Stewart Learns What Happens When You Criticize Israel
Many have accused Jon Stewart of being pro-Hamas for expressing sympathy for the residents of Gaza, where more than 500 people have been killed — including at least 100 children — in recent fighting with Israel. So on Monday night’s “Daily Show,” just about the entire roster of correspondents popped up to scream at...
EU Weighs Deeper Sanctions If Russia Fails To Resolve Crisis In Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sternly called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to compel Kremlin-backed separatists to stop hampering the probe at the Ukraine site of a downed passenger jet and allow international investigators unfettered access. “What exactly are they trying to hide?” Obama said Monday from the...
Train goes to Kharkiv with crash victims remains
A train carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday on their way to the Netherlands, a journey which has been agonizingly slow for relatives of the victims. …read more Source: Miami...
Jet Wreckage Bears Signs of Impact by Supersonic Missile, Analysis Shows
A piece from the Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine, examined in photographs by defense consultants, had damage consistent with that from a fragmenting warhead, the kind carried by an SA-11 missile. …read more Source: The New York...
Train carrying bodies from MH17 arrives in Kharkiv
Moscow-backed rebels allow bodies from the jet crash to leave Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
