Section: US & Canada
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...
Obama Calls for Immediate Access to Crash Site
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is calling for international investigators to have “immediate and full access” to the site in eastern Ukraine, where a passenger jet was shot down last week. Obama accused pro-Russian separatists in the area of removing evidence and bodies from the crash site. He says that raising the...
Obama Calls on Putin to Assure Crash Site Access
President Obama said Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine continue to block full access to investigators looking into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Obama calls for immediate access to crash site
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. “We have to make sure the truth is out and accountability exists,”...
CNN Shows Us How NOT To Cover MH17 Crash
There are right times to use a pun on the news and well, there are wrong times. Monday morning was the latter for CNN’s Chris Cuomo, who was reporting live from the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed last week. Cuomo asked Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) to “shoot down” the possibility that missiles launched by...
BBC Witnesses ‘Panic’ in Donetsk
Fergal Keane reports from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine where heavy fighting has been heard and “people are panicking”. …read more Source: The Boston...
Dutch Forensics Team Views Bodies
Peter van Vliet, the leader of a Dutch forensics team, spoke after inspecting rail cars in Torez, Ukraine, where the bodies of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash victims were being held. …read more Source: The New York...
John Baird calls on rebels to leave plane crash site, promises more sanctions against Russia
The Harper government says it is planning to slap more people and entities with sanctions over Russia’s continuing military actions against Ukraine. …read more Source: Calgary...
