Section: US & Canada
AIDS Conference Honors Victims Of MH17
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An international AIDS conference opened in Australia on Sunday with a tribute to several delegates who were killed en route to the gathering when their plane was shot down over Ukraine. Officials at the opening ceremony for the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne held a moment of silence for the six...
Malaysia Flight MH17 Crash Site Photos: See Pictures of Bodies, Rescue, Wreckage (Some Graphic)
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed on Thursday, July 17, and the rescue operation is currently under way. Here are some photos of the wreckage and the rescue attempt. (An oxygen mask system lies in a field amongst wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 20, 2014 in Grabovo. Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (Debris from an Malaysia...
Cameron demands Russia cease support for rebels
In an unusual front-page op-ed in the Sunday Times, Cameron says there is growing evidence that separatist rebels, backed by Russia, shot down the aircraft, killing 298 people. If this is the case then we must be clear what it means: this is a direct result of Russia destabilizing a sovereign state, violating its territorial integrity, backing...
Rebels take full control of plane crash bodies
A woman looks at a refrigerated train loaded with the bodies of victims, in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Sunday, July 20,… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Mourning Mass in the Netherlands
A Mourning mass was held in the Netherlands on Sunday for the 298 victims of the Malaysian aircraft shot down over eastern Ukraine. Many of the victims were from the Netherlands. In Harleem, in the north of the Netherlands, Catholics gathered at Saint Bavo Cathedral for a special memorial service where 298 candles were lit in the memory of those...
Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Kerry Tells Russia to Take Responsibility
Secretary of State John Kerry asked Russia on Sunday to “step up” and take responsibility for the Ukrainian rebels who are suspected of shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday. “It’s pretty clear that this is a system that was transferred from Russia,” Kerry said on...
Malaysia MH17 Theft, Looting: Anton Gerashchenko, Alexander Borodai, Petro Poroshenko Allege That Crash Victims’ Belongings, Valuables Have Been Stolen
The belongings of MH17 crash victims have allegedly being stolen. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile on Thursday, July 17. The 298 crew and passengers on board the plane, which was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, all perished in the crash. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian...
MH17 Crash Site Becoming a Tourist Attraction? Ukraine Residents Observed Photo Taking Around Debris (+Photo)
Residents near the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site were seen behaving like tourists near the debris. Kevin Bishop, a foreign field producer for BBC news, observed local Ukraine residents “walking around debris, taking photos,” and tweeted out that the MH17 crash site was “becoming a tourist attraction. #MH17 crash site...
The Aftermath Of The Downing Of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
On July 17 the world was shocked by the news that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, a scheduled international passenger connection between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur, had been shot down over eastern Ukraine. It is believed to have been hit with a BUK surface-to-air missile. The aircraft went down near the village of Hrabove in an area controlled by...
U.S. Ties Russia to Downed Jet
New U.S. intelligence indicates Moscow likely provided pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine with sophisticated antiaircraft systems in recent days, bolstering charges that Russia was the source of the weapon that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, killing 298. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
