Section: US & Canada
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...
Russian Television Under Spotlight After Malaysia Airlines Crash in Ukraine
In late 2009, the British journalist Sara Firth became a Russian propaganda mouthpiece. MoreObama Contends with Congressional Backseat Drivers on UkraineIt’s Time for Europe to Get Tough With RussiaWhy Haven’t Scientists Discovered a Cure for AIDS Yet? NBC NewsJet Evidence Tampered With on ‘Industrial Scale’ NBC...
Crash coverup of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 likely impossible
Concerns have been raised over whether pro-Russian separatists may have tampered with or hauled away debris from the Malaysia airline crash site. But some experts say there should still be enough evidence scattered about to get answers about the crash. …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin pressured to aid Ukraine plane crash probe, rein in rebels
Russian-supported rebels backed down and allowed a refrigerated train carrying the bodies of Malaysia Airlines victims out of their territory in Ukraine, as President Obama and other Western leaders warned Russian President Vladimir Putin to speed up cooperation with the crash probe and to rein in fighters loyal to Moscow. … …read...
What’s the Kremlin PR strategy after the downing of Malaysian jet?
After the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, CBC News asks three Russia experts about how the Kremlin might find a measure of support from people in the West. …read more Source:...
Train bearing bodies from Malaysia Airlines crash arrives in Kharkiv
A train bearing the bodies of the people who died in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday on their way to the Netherlands. …read more Source: FOX...
