Section: US & Canada
Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine Are Using Malaysia Airlines Victims’ Bodies as a Bargaining Chip
Just when the news out of eastern Ukraine couldn’t get any worse, it did. Separatists controlling the area of of the MH17 wreckage have declared that they can only ensure international investigators will have access to the crash site if Ukraine agrees to a truce: “We declare that we will guarant …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine Accuses Rebels of Hiding Plane Crash Evidence
International observers have verified that a train, close to the Malaysian Airlines crash site, contained bags with frozen bodies. With armed rebels at their side, OSCE monitors took photographic evidence. But they were not let inside of the carriages. An anonymous representative said he did not know where the bodies were being taken next or...
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...
Rebels recover black boxes from downed flight
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: New York Daily...
Newlyweds’ change flight, avoid Malaysia Airlines tragedy
Australian newlyweds amazingly escaped tragedy when they changed their travel plans home at the last minute — and avoided being passengers on the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that was struck while crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border. …read more Source: New York Daily...
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Ukraine accused separatist rebels on Sunday of hiding evidence that a Russian missile was used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner, while Britain said Moscow faced “pariah” status and the threat of further economic sanctions. …read more Source: The Toronto...
AIDS conference holds moment of silence for Malaysian jet crash victims
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. …read more Source:...
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...
