Section: US & Canada
OSCE Team Allowed To See Part Of Crash Site
Armed separatists in eastern Ukraine have allowed international inspectors to visit a field strewn with debris from a Malaysian airliner that was shot down on July 17, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Multiple Bus Crash Kills 9, Injures 40 in Germany
A Polish bus collided with a Ukrainian bus, and then broke through the central barrier and collided with a minibus traveling in the other direction. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Accuses Insurgents of Blocking Access to Crash Site
“Russian-led terrorists” are keeping international investigators and foreign governments from the site where Malaysian Airlines 17 crashed after being shot down by a missile, the Ukrainian government said Saturday. …read more Source: The New York...
Malaysia very 'concerned' over crash site security
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s transport minister says the country is “deeply concerned” that the site in Ukraine where a Malaysia Airlines jetliner was shot down with 298 people onboard “has not been properly secured.”Liow Tiong Lai said at a news conference Saturday in Kuala Lumpur that “the...
Ukraine: Russia Helping to Destroy Crash Evidence
Ukraine has accused Russia of assisting pro-Russian separatists in destroying evidence at the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down with 298 people onboard. The government said Saturday the rebels have removed 38 bodies from the site and taken them to the insurgent-controlled city of Donetsk. Ukraine said the separatist rebels were...
Ukraine crisis shows divisions in old Soviet bloc
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. …read more Source:...
Plane crash in Ukraine unlikely to halt deepening divisions in old Soviet bloc on Russia
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. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine crisis shows divisions in old Soviet bloc
With uncertainty surrounding Thursday’s plane crash, most have little to gain from pointing fingers, especially since the tragedy, which killed 298 people, is unlikely to blunt Russia’s growing clout in the region, experts say. On the plane crash, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there’s still “no clarity,”...
Top AIDS Researcher Killed in Malaysia Plane Crash
The international AIDS community is reeling from the loss of many as 100 researchers who died when Malaysia Airlines flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine. They were en route to an AIDS conference that is about to begin in Australia. Among the dead, a leader in AIDS research, Dr. Joep Lange. Dr. Joup Lange changed the world’s view on who...
Plane families must wait to go to Ukraine site
Malaysia Airlines says it has no immediate plans to fly the relatives of 298 passengers and crew killed in the downing of Flight 17 to Ukraine to visit the site because of security concerns. …read more Source: Miami...
