Section: US & Canada
Ukraine crash: Bodies leaving separatist-held area by train, Kiev says
The bodies of all 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 are aboard two trains in eastern Ukraine and set to be moved to Kharkhiv, a city controlled by the country’s central government, officials in Kiev said Monday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
EU at Crossroads on Russia Sanctions
The piles of flowers grow outside Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport – the departure location of the doomed Malaysian jet carrying 298 passengers, 193 of them Dutch. The plane reportedly downed by a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine now lies at the heart of the crisis. As the fighting rages on, so does international...
Dutch: Plane crash site needs full forensic sweep
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Dutch experts are calling for a full forensic sweep of the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down. Members of the Dutch National Forensic Investigations Team toured farm fields Monday near the eastern Ukrainian village of Hrabove, where they observed some of the victims’ remains … …read...
Obama: Putin must force separatist cooperation with probe of Malaysian flight crash
President Obama demanded Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin force separatists in Ukraine to cooperate with international investigators trying to gain access to the crash site of the downed Malaysian Airlines flight and to recover the bodies of the 298 victims. “What are they trying to hide?” Mr. Obama asked …...
Train carrying MH17 crash victims leaves rebel-held town
A refrigerated train bearing the bodies of many of the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane disaster has pulled away from a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Facebook scammers hijack names of Ukraine crash victims
At least six Facebook pages were created using the names of victims killed when the plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Toronto...
Flight MH17: Russian billionaires frantic about business prospects, as Putin risks isolation
Russia’s richest businessmen “in horror” that President Vladimir Putin’s policies in Ukraine will lead to crippling sanctions. …read more Source: Toronto...
Eric Morse: Canada and Russia can’t do business now
Thus far, the ugliest conspiracy theory around the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has to be a rebel claim that bodies found at the crash scene “weren’t fresh” – evoking the “canned goods” black operation that the Nazis mounted at the Polish border in 1939. Last Friday, Russian Ambassador Vitaliy...
Obama demands Russia force separatists to aid Malaysia Airlines probe
President Obama accused pro-Russia separatists of tampering with evidence at the site of last week’s crash of a Malaysia Airlines jet and called on Russia to use its influence to ensure a credible investigation into the downing of the plane over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Train with plane crash bodies leaves rebel town
HRABOVE, Ukraine — A refrigerated train bearing the bodies of many of the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane disaster has pulled away from a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine.An AP reporter saw the train leave, destination unknown, from the town of Torez, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site itself. …read more...
