Section: US & Canada
Obama Urges Full, Unimpeded Ukraine Probe
U.S. President Barack Obama says Russia must do its part to pressure pro-Russian separatists to allow international access to the downed Malaysian airliner in Ukraine. In remarks at the White House Monday, Obama said the truth must come out and international teams must be allowed access to the crash site, which has been blocked by separatists....
Pressure Grows on Putin as Dutch Reach Crash Victims
Dutch forensics experts finally gained access to the remains of the victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in Ukraine after days of standoffs over access to the site and growing pressure on Russia to clear the way for a full international investigation. …read more Source: The Boston...
Flight MH17 Fact Sheet: Evidence Increasingly Points To Moscow
Evidence increasingly appears to show that a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was brought down by pro-Russian separatists — and that Moscow is hindering the investigation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow tributes: ‘Forgive us’
Outside the Dutch Embassy in Moscow, people have left flowers and cuddly toys at a makeshift memorial for the lives lost in a conflict-scarred corner of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Obama: Putin Must Compel Rebels To Cooperate With Crash Probe
U.S. President Barack Obama said Russian President Vladimir Putin has a “direct responsibility” to compel pro-Moscow separatists to stop hampering the probe at the site of a downed passenger jet in eastern Ukraine. Speaking on July 21 from the South Lawn of the White House, Obama called on Russia to insist that the separatists grant...
Obama Accuses Separatists of Removing Evidence From MH17 Site
MoreLive: Malaysian PM Speaks on MH17Malaysians Want the Bodies of Their MH17 Dead Back Before the Ramadan Fast Ends‘Unreal’ Scenes From MH17 Crash SitePresident Barack Obama sharply condemned Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine for keeping international investigators away from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site,...
Obama accuses Ukraine rebels of moving crash evidence: ‘What exactly are they trying to hide?’
The U.S. president says the burden is on Russia and President Vladimir Putin to compel the separatists to co-operate with the investigation. …read more Source: Toronto...
Dutch Experts Call for Full Forensic Investigation of Malasyia Airlines MH17 Crash Site
HRABOVE, Ukraine—Dutch experts called Monday for a full forensic sweep of the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down and told armed separatists guarding rail cars full of victims’ bodies the train must be allowed to leave as soon as possible. Four days after the Boeing 777 was shot out of the sky, international investigators...
Russians Still Support Ukraine’s Rebels Despite the Malaysia Airlines Disaster
If, after the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, you tried following Russia’s state-owned television and Russian-language internet updates simultaneously, you’d have encountered two contradictory and completely opposite streams of information. Russia’s state-owned TV channels (which have ba …read more Source: The New...
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...
