Section: US & Canada
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Good morning! Here’s what you need to know: Outrage In Ukraine. Pro-Russian separatists are interfering with efforts to recover bodies from and investigate the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 went down. “We have reports of drunken separatists piling the remains in an unceremonious fashion and actually removing them from the...
Workers Recover More Bodies at MH17 Ukraine Crash Site
HRABOVE, Ukraine—Rescuers retrieved more bodies Monday in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed, killing all 298 people aboard. The chaotic rescue effort, which was marred by an outage in the refrigerated train that was to transport many of the dead, continued ahead of an expected vote later by...
MH17: Kerry lashes out at Russia
There’s no shortage of evidence that shows pro-Russian rebels shot down a Malaysian jet in Ukraine last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. …read more Source:...
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...
More bodies found at plane crash site in east Ukraine as UN vote looms
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Rescuers retrieved more bodies Monday in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed, killing all 298 people aboard. The chaotic rescue effort, which was marred by an outage in the refrigerated train that was to transport many of the dead, continued ahead of an expected vote later by...
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 re… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine sends tanks to take back rebel-held city of Donestsk
Ukainian authorities reportedly sent in military tanks to try and take back the rebel-held stronghold of Donestsk from Russian separatists on Monday. This would be the first major attack since the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. One separatist leader, Sergei Kavtaradze, said the fighting early Monday erupted near the … …read...
