Section: US & Canada
Malaysia Reeling: Second Air Disaster in Four Months
Malaysia is reeling from the second air disaster in four months involving the country’s flag carrier. Flight 340 vanished in March and despite an extensive search, no debris has been found. And on Thursday, Flight 17, likely hit by a surface-to-air missile, came apart over eastern Ukraine. The two incidents together have left more than 500...
U.S. Blames Attack on Rebels
The U.S. and its allies accused Russian-aided separatists of firing the missile that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, killing 298 people, including a dual Dutch-American citizen, and demanded that Moscow end months of unrest in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Aviation experts try to reach crash site in Ukraine
International experts tried to make their way to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Friday as evidence mounted against pro-Russian separatists as those responsible for blowing up the plane. …read more Source: Toronto...
All walks of life among Malaysia plane passengers
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International passengers from all walks of life, from a prominent AIDS researcher and soccer fans to a nun and a florist, were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.The Boeing 777 was carrying 298 people when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday in eastern Ukraine, sending shockwaves around the world from...
Top AIDS Researchers Believed Killed in Malaysia Air Crash
The international medical community is mourning the sudden deaths of as many as 100 AIDS researchers and experts who were headed to a high-level AIDS conference in Australia. They were among 298 passengers aboard a Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in volatile eastern Ukraine. Australia’s prime minister has blamed pro-Russian forces for...
Here Are The Nationalities Of The Victims Of Downed Malaysia Plane MH17
Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all of the 298 passengers and crew on board. The plane, which was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was carrying primarily Dutch citizens, as well those from nine other countries. While it was originally reported that 23 Americans were on board, that...
Putin Calls for Cease-fire in East Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for a cease-fire by pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces fighting in eastern Ukraine to allow for negotiations. Putin said he was in contact with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko after a Boeing 777 passenger airliner came down in an area under rebel control, killing all 298...
AIDS conference attendees on downed Malaysian jet
SYDNEY (AP) — World-renowned AIDS researchers and activists heading to an AIDS conference in Australia were on the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine, officials said Friday, news that sparked an outpouring of grief across the global scientific community. Unconfirmed reports said up to 100 passengers were going to the Victoria state...
Fidel Castro: Ukraine to blame for downed airliner
Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro is blaming the Ukrainian government in Kiev for the downing of a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane. …read more Source: Miami...
Kyiv Releases Audio Evidence That Donetsk Militants Got Antiaircraft Weapons From Russia
Ukraine’s Security Service has released more audio of purported conversations among militants in eastern Ukraine that Kyiv believes proves they received powerful Buk-M antiaircraft weapons and the crews to man them from Russia on July 14. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
