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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...
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:...
Rebels find Malaysian plane’s black boxes, promise to hand them over to world aviation body
HRABOVE, Ukraine — A separatist leader in eastern Ukraine says rebels have recovered the black boxes for the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. …read more Source: Calgary...
Netherlands Mourns The Many Killed In MH17
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Worshippers at church services across the Netherlands prayed Sunday for the victims of the Ukraine air disaster and their next of kin, as anger built over the separatist rebels’ hindering of the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.The chairman of the Dutch Bishops Conference,...
Rebels to Give MH17 Black Boxes to Aviation Group
TOREZ, Ukraine — Rebels have recovered the black boxes from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and will hand them over to the International Civil Aviation Organization, a rebel leader said Sunday. MoreWhy Did Pro-Russia Rebels Seize Bodies at Gunpoint? To Be ‘Humane’ NBC NewsOn The Move: 50 Die as Thousands Flee Intense Shelling...
Separatists Said to Have Seized Control of Crash Victims’ Remains
Pro-Russian separatist militiamen have seized custody of the bodies of about 200 victims of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that was shot down last week, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. …read more Source: The New York...
Europe leaders warn Russia to get crash zone open
The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are telling Russia’s Vladimir Putin to ensure that separatists in Ukraine give full access to investigators at the Malaysian plane crash site or risk the ire of Europe. …read more Source: Miami...
Pro-Russian Rebels Say They Have The Black Boxes From Downed MH17
A separatist leader said on Sunday they were keeping what they presumed were the black boxes from the downed Malaysian airliner in the eastern city of Donetsk, but they would need experts to confirm that they were the plane’s flight recorders. “Some items, presumably the black boxes, were found, and they have been delivered to Donetsk...
