Section: US & Canada
Blame Game Over Malaysia Plane Crash
Emergency crews continue with their grisly task, as OSCE investigators help comb through the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight 17. They say that overall, access is improving at this rebel-held site in eastern Ukraine. But as the investigation takes shape, fingers are being pointed in all directions. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says...
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...
DNA being collected to ID Ukraine crash victims
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Forensic teams fanned out across the Netherlands on Saturday to collect material that will help positively identify the remains of victims killed in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine. Families and friends of the dead huddled to console one another at churches, schools and sports clubs across...
Monitors try to secure Ukraine crash site of Malaysian airliner
HRABOVE, Ukraine — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. The crash that killed …...
Polish Foreign Minister Levels Veiled Criticism At Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister had sharp words on the downing of the Malaysia Airlines jumbo jet in Ukraine — blaming the crash on Russia-backed “bandits.” But throughout most of central and eastern Europe, leaders withheld judgment, expressing shock but refusing to say more until more facts are in....
Monitors try to secure Ukraine plane crash site
HRABOVE, Ukraine — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted.The crash that killed all 298 people...
Dutch leader calls on Putin to help crash probe
An angry Dutch prime minister says he has had an “extremely intense” telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he urged him to “show the world he intends to help” in the investigation into the Ukraine air disaster. …read more Source: Miami...
Border With Russia Helps Luhansk Republic Hang On
The Ukrainian government has intensified efforts to reestablish its authority in Luhansk Oblast. But the breakaway region’s control of a section of the border with Russia is proving a difficult lifeline to sever. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Graphic: A look at Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Flight 17 was shot down by a missile Thursday over eastern Ukraine en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to authorities. …read more Source: USA...
