Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Rebels To Provide Access To Malaysia Airlines Plane Crash Site, OSCE Says
(Adds detail, quotes) MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine have agreed to provide assistance in an investigation into the downing of a Malaysian passenger airliner and will ensure safe access for international experts visiting the site, the OSCE said on Friday. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in...
White House urges Ukraine ceasefire for plane probe, Obama talks to Putin
The White House called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine to allow easy access to a downed Malaysian jetliner and President Barack Obama directed U.S. officials on Thursday to do all they could to support an investigation into what caused the crash. …read more Source: The Toronto...
AIDS conference attendees on downed Malaysian jet
People walk by the venue of the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne. Australia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Several passengers on board a Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine were … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine
U.S. officials say a surface-to-air missile took down the plane. …read more Source: USA...
Rescue workers find second ‘black box’ from downed plane in Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists in the region said on Thursday they had found one of the flight recorders …read more Source: The Globe and...
Rescuers comb scene of Malaysian plane crash
ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) — A Malaysian jetliner shot from the sky by what U.S. intelligence officials believe was a surface-to-air missile scattered wreckage and bodies across the Ukrainian countryside, leaving investigators scrambling Friday to figure out what happened as rescue workers, policemen and even coal miners combed the crash site....
Malaysia Airlines says changes route for planes
Malaysia Airlines says that in the wake of the shooting down of one of its passenger jets over Ukraine, it has changed the route it planes will take on flights to and from Europe. …read more Source: Miami...
298 killed after Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine
Ukrainian officials claim the plane was hit by a missile. …read more Source: USA...
AIDS conference attendees on downed Malaysian jet
SYDNEY (AP) — A large number of world-renowned AIDS researchers and activists heading to an international AIDS conference in Australia were on board a Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over Ukraine, officials said Friday, as news of their deaths sparked an outpouring of grief across the global scientific community. There have been...
Did Pro-Russian Rebels Shoot Down MH17 Over Ukraine?
According to reports in the New York Times, Ukrainian officials have released what they claim are transcripts of three separate conversations, purportedly from pro-Russian separatist fighters near the scene of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash. The fighters appear to be taking credit for shooting down the airliner. In one call, a rebel...
