Section: US & Canada
US working on case against Russia on downed plane
WASHINGTON (AP) — Video of a rocket launcher, one surface-to-air missile missing, leaving the likely launch site. Imagery showing the firing. Calls claiming credit for the strike. Recordings said to reveal a cover-up at the crash site. “A buildup of extraordinary circumstantial evidence … it’s powerful here,” said...
Dutch experts inspect bodies of crash victims in Ukraine
U.N. Security Council prepares to vote on a demand for international access to the crash site. …read more Source: USA...
UN to vote on crash resolution; Russia has doubts
The U.N. Security Council will vote Monday on an Australia-proposed resolution demanding international access to the Ukraine plane crash site and a cease-fire around the area, with diplomats pressuring a reluctant Russia to approve it. …read more Source: Miami...
UN Security Council to vote Monday on Ukraine crash probe; Russia has doubts
The U.N. …read more Source: FOX...
Dutch anger swells at treatment of Ukraine bodies
A Schiphol security worker, at left, signs a condolence register at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Sunday, July 20, 2014. An attack on a Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine on Thursday k… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Fighting Breaks Out in E. Ukraine City of Donetsk
Explosions rocked the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk Monday as government troops sought to reclaim control of the rebel stronghold, marking the first heavy fighting since Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down last week. Intense shelling was reported near the rail station. The AFP news agency said that terrified civilians were fleeing the...
Malaysia plane recovery operation stumbles forward
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — The chaotic Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 recovery effort stumbled again Monday, with more bodies found at the sprawling crash site but a worrisome power outage in the refrigerated train holding over 200 of the dead. The shambolic attempts to investigate by the pro-Russia separatists who control the verdant farmland...
Ukraine prime minister: ‘Russia is on the dark side’
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk had harsh words for Russia and President Vladimir Putin on Monday, calling the country “on the dark side,” blaming it again for the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 and demanding the country close its Western border to halt separatist… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
New report questions Canadian Ukraine election monitoring missions
By Mike Blanchfield OTTAWA — A new internal government report has once again raised questions about the Harper government’s penchant for sending large teams of Canadian election monitors to Ukraine. The March report, prepared by an outside consultant for the […] …read more Source: Calgary...
Ukraine Gives Up Lead on Airliner Investigation
Ukraine has offered to give the lead in the investigation into the downing of the Malaysian airliner last week to the Netherlands, the country that had the most citizens on board. The move appears to be aimed at convincing Russia and the rebels it supports to allow the transport of the 272 bodies found so far, most of them waiting in refrigerated...
