Section: US & Canada
Why did MH17 fly over Ukraine?
As the world struggles to come to terms with the horror of another passenger jet falling from the skies, the full picture of how and why Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down over eastern Ukraine is far from clear. …read more Source:...
Putin’s Chance to Escape a Losing War
The tragedy of Flight MH17 has given Russia’s Vladimir Putin a chance to disown Ukraine’s rebels without losing face. By missing the opportunity, Putin is turning Russia into a pariah state. …read more Source:...
Malaysia airlines investigators promised safe passage | USA NOW
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine agreed Friday to allow investigators access to the scattered crash site of a Malaysian airliner that was shot down, killing all 298 aboard. …read more Source: USA...
Global anger intensifies over downed jet
A Malaysian airliner crashes in strife-torn east Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board and leaving a horrific trail of carnage on the ground, with US claims it was shot down in a missile attack prompting global consternation. …read more Source: USA...
Confusion over whether Malaysia black boxes found
Ukrainian coal miners prepare to search the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine Friday, July 18, 2014. Rescue workers, po… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Clinton discusses MH17 crash, Russia
Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Thursday that European leaders should put more pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin if Russia was involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. (July 18) …read more Source: USA...
Malaysia Airlines describes passenger manifest
A senior vice president for Malaysia Airlines said on Thursday that at least 154 Dutch citizens were on board the passenger airliner that crashed in eastern Ukraine. Video quality as incoming. (July 17) …read more Source: USA...
World stocks shaky as jetliner downed over Ukraine
Global stock markets fell Friday, unnerved by a ratcheting up of global political tensions after a Malaysian jetliner was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Fact Box: What Early Evidence Says About MH17
International officials initially called the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 a crash. Now they’re saying the passenger jet was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Kyiv is blaming Russia and the pro-Moscow separatists. Russia is blaming the Ukrainians. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Family loses relatives in both Malaysia Airlines disasters
In an almost incomprehensible twist of fate, an Australian woman who lost her brother in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 learned on Friday that her stepdaughter was on the plane shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...
