Section: US & Canada
Dutch cyclist changed tickets for both doomed Malaysia Airlines flights
Maarten de Jonge has escaped certain death. Twice. If the Dutch cyclist boarded either of Malaysia Airlines doomed flights, MH 17 and MH 370, he could likely be at the bottom of the Indian Ocean or shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...
David Cameron: Russia To Blame Over Malaysia Airlines Crash If Rebels Responsible
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday that if it were proven that Ukrainian separatists were behind the downing of a Malaysian jet carrying 298 passengers, Russia would be to blame for having destabilized the country. “If this is the case then we must be clear what it means: this is a direct...
Experts: Whoever brought down Malaysian jet had extensive training
Whoever fired the surface-to-air missile that brought down a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine would have needed extensive training to execute the mission, according to military experts. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT
International monitors try to secure sprawling Ukraine plane crash site for investigation HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) – International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses that fell from a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes …...
GOP Will Find a Way to Blame President Obama on Ukraine Jet Downing
The monstrous downing of a Malaysian jet liner apparently by Russian backed separatists in the Ukraine did something that few thought could happen. It has gotten GOP leaders momentarily to agree with President Obama when he pointed the finger squarely at Russia for the horrific attack. But don’t expect the GOP’s hand hold with Obama...
AIDS Society Mourns Six Researchers, Experts Killed in Plane Crash
The International AIDS Society has confirmed that at least six high-level researchers and AIDS experts were among those killed on a Malaysia Airlines flight downed Thursday over volatile eastern Ukraine. The victims include the former president of the society, which is holding its annual week-long conference beginning Sunday. Officials say this...
Work Continues Amid Chaotic Conditions at Ukraine Crash Site
Emergency workers recovered bodies of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash victims outside a separatist-held village. The work began amid chaotic conditions. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Without radar, missile may not have identified jet
On Friday, Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency also quoted Konstantin Sivkov, director of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, as saying Buk missiles should be provided with external systems of target identification, that is, radio-location systems. Social media postings from the rebels in the immediate aftermath of...
Dutch forensic teams collect DNA to identify plane crash victims
Forensic teams fanned out across the Netherlands on Saturday to collect material including DNA samples that will help positively identify the remains of victims killed in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
DNA being collected to ID Ukraine crash victims
A woman carries flowers on her way to attend a gathering at soccer club Altius in Hilversum, Netherlands, Saturday, July 19, 2014. A family, father, mother, daughter and son, from which the fa… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
