Section: US & Canada
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,...
Ukraine says Russia helping separatists destroy evidence at MH17 crash site
Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of helping separatist rebels destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in rebel-held territory — a charge the rebels denied. …read more Source: Toronto...
With Jet’s Fall, War in Ukraine Becomes Global
The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 rippled across multiple continents, bringing home in vivid relief the consequences of a struggle that had seemed far removed for many. …read more Source: The New York...
Malaysia Airlines Crash Photos: Pictures of MH17 Victims’ Belongings That Survived the Crash
Pictures of the MH17 victims’ belongings have surfaced. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was flying over Ukraine from Amsterdam when it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. All 298 passengers and crew perished in the flight, which was headed for Kuala Lumpur. Some of pictures of the passenger belongings that have survived the crash have...
Dutch leader tells Putin to help Ukraine crash probe during ‘extremely intense’ phone call
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: Toronto...
Is this how to secure the scene?
Bodies, backpacks, passports and other piles of debris lay splayed across a miles-long area in the remote area in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down. The crash site is massive — an international observer called it “one of the biggest — or the biggest — crime scenes in the world right now.”...
Putin Needs to Call Out Pro-Russian Rebels
KIEV — My heart is bleeding for the innocent victims who died in a crash of a Malaysian airliner two days ago. This tragedy left no one in Ukraine without tears. For many months, we have been mourning the death of the sons and daughters of Ukraine, and now that the Kremlin’s belligerence has claimed innocent lives of Dutch, Malaysian,...
Putin under scrutiny after downing of Malaysia Airlines jet
The downing of a passenger jet over separatist-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine puts Russian President Vladimir Putin in a tight spot. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Witnesses to Malaysia crash try to make sense of tragedy
Locals in Gravobo, Ukraine, say they feel lucky the plane and its debris missed their homes. …read more Source: USA...
