Section: US & Canada
UN Security Council to vote on MH17 crash probe
The UN 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: CTV...
Dutch anger swells at treatment of Ukraine bodies
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — It is no longer only grief and mourning sweeping across the Netherlands in the aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Fredriksz-Hoogzand was among scores of victims’ relatives expected at a behind-closed-doors meeting Monday near the central city of Utrecht, where they were to be...
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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...
