Section: US & Canada
Australian PM: Ukraine Crash Probe Resembles ‘Garden Clean-Up’
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott voiced deep concern that Russian-backed rebels remained in control of the crash site of a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine. During a news conference on July 21 in Canberra, Abbott said the site looked more like a “garden clean-up” than a forensic investigation. (Reuters) …read more...
Fighting erupts near MH17 crash site as Ukrainian troops assault Donetsk
Fighting broke out near the railway station in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, with artillery fire sending plumes of smoke skywards in what separatists said was an attempt by government forces to enter the city they seized in April. …read more Source:...
Putin accuses critics of MH17 handling of having ‘mercenary objectives’
Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out Monday against those who he said were exploiting the downing of a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for “mercenary objectives.” …read more Source:...
Putin Demands Access For International Experts At Malaysia Airlines Crash Site
MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the downing of a Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine must not be used for political ends and urged separatists to allow international experts access to the crash site. “Everything must be done to guarantee the security of international experts at the site of...
Putin blames others for exploiting Ukraine crash
A man holds a baby as he walks next to a refrigerated train loaded with the bodies of victims, in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Fligh… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Fury Mounts Over ‘Grotesque’ Mishandling Of Bodies From Downed Malaysia Airlines Flight
HRABOVE Ukraine/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laid out what he called overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as international horror deepened over the fate of the victims’ remains. Kerry demanded that Moscow take responsibility for actions of...
Dutch team arrives in Ukraine to investigate MH17 crash site
A rebel official said there were at least four tanks and armored vehicles trying to break through into the city …read more Source: The Globe and...
Putin Lashes Out, Blames Ukraine For Jet Crash
“Such events should not divide people, but unite them,” Russian leader says in wake of attack which downed Boeing 777. …read more Source:...
Malaysia, the World’s Unluckiest Airline, Will Now Struggle to Survive
Only four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished somewhere in the Indian Ocean with 239 passengers on board, Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, causing the loss of another 298 souls — an unprecedented blow to a major international airline. Even a robust operator would have trouble overcoming twin disasters like that. But the...
Ukraine workers say 21 bodies found at crash site
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard.Local rescue workers had piled 21 black body bags by the side of the road in Hrabove early Monday. It was unclear how quickly they would be transported to...
