Section: US & Canada
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...
Russia’s Putin Not Blinking in ‘Last Chance Saloon’
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the “last chance saloon” over the Ukraine crisis but appears to be doing little to get out of it. Since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was brought down over east Ukraine, Putin has been under intense international pressure to persuade pro-Russian separatists accused by the West of shooting it down...
Rebels take full control of bodies from plane crash
Rebels in eastern Ukraine took control Sunday of the bodies recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and the U.S. and European leaders demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin make sure rebels give international investigators full access to the crash site. …read more Source: CTV...
Rebels take full control of bodies from MH17 plane crash
Rebels in eastern Ukraine took full control Sunday of the bodies recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, and European leaders issued a strong call for Russian President Vladimir Putin to make sure international investigators had full access to the crash site. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian Rebel Commander Suggests Malaysia Plane Victims Long Dead
MOSCOW (AP) — A top pro-Russia rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has given a version of events surrounding the Malaysian jetliner crash — suggesting many of the victims may have died days before the plane took off. The pro-rebel website Russkaya Vesna on Friday quoted Igor Girkin as saying he was told by people at the crash site that...
Malaysia MH17 Bodies: Donetsk Separatists Have Victims’ Bodies, Could be Tampering With Crash Evidence
TOREZ, Ukraine—Rebels in eastern Ukraine took control Sunday of the bodies recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and the U.S. and European leaders demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin make sure rebels give international investigators had full access to the crash site. “There’s a stacking up of evidence...
