Section: US & Canada
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...
Gruesome Toll: Nearly 200 Bodies Found, But Rebels Guarding Them
A total of 190 bodies have been discovered at the MH17 crash site by emergency crews combing the vast wreckage area, a Ukrainian official says. …read more Source:...
Dutch PM Urges Russia’s Putin to Help Plane Disaster Probe
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he had a “very intense” phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday, in which he urged the Russian leader to use his influence over Ukraine’s separatists to help in the investigation of the Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine. Rutte said he told Putin that he must...
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...
Dozens pay tribute to Malaysia Airlines passengers, protest at Russian Embassy
A group of about three dozen people laid flowers and said prayers for the 298 dead passengers and crew on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 outside the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Saturday. Led by three priests, the group sang and remembered the victims during the vigil. Many held candles and single carnations. They were joined by Inna...
Rebels hamper access to plane crash site
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Armed separatists hampered access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site Saturday, limiting the movements of international monitors and raising concerns that evidence showing who brought the plane down and killed the 298 people onboard would be lost, tampered with or destroyed. …read more Source: Boston...
Multiple bus crash in Germany kills 10, injures 69
BERLIN — A crash involving several buses on a highway in eastern Germany killed 10 people and injured 69, police said Saturday.The crash near Dresden occurred shortly before 2 a.m. when a Polish bus hit the rear of a Ukrainian bus and then broke through the median barrier, slamming into a Polish minibus traveling in the opposite direction,...
