Section: US & Canada
Voices: Global hot spots need to be put in perspective
A downed airliner in Ukraine and a violent flare-up in Gaza shake a world’s uneasy calm. …read more Source: USA...
AP Interview: Ukraine blames Russia for crash
Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador said Thursday that the Malaysian airliner would not have crashed if Russia hadn’t given pro-Russian separatists a sophisticated missile system that can hit planes. …read more Source: Miami...
Israel Launches a Ground Invasion of Gaza—and No One Knows How It Will End
MoreMarkets React to Malaysian Jet Crash and Gaza InvasionIsrael Begins Gaza Ground OffensiveWhy the Israel-Gaza Cease-Fire FailedIsraeli tanks rolled into the Gaza Strip Thursday, marking the start of a ground offensive in the Palestinian territory. After ten days of aerial bombardment and frequent threats of ground invasion, troops moved on the...
AP Interview: Ukraine blames Russia for plane crash, says separatists reacted like ‘animals’
Ukraine’s U.N. …read more Source: FOX...
Intercepted Audio of Ukraine Separatists
Ukraine released what it said is audio from intercepted phone calls between separatist rebels and Russian officers. In one call, a rebel is heard saying, “We have just shot down a plane.” …read more Source: The New York...
Putin: Responsibility for plane crash is Ukraine’s
Russian President Vladmir Putin says Ukraine bears responsibility for the crash of a Malaysian airliner. …read more Source: CNY...
MSNBC Prank Call Malaysia Airlines: Howard Stern Referenced in Crude Flight MH17 ‘Analysis’ (+Video)
MSNBC host Krystal Ball was on the receiving end of a bad prank call during a television coverage of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane on Thursday. During MSNBC’s The Cycle spot on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash, a prank caller going by the name of “Staff Sgt. Michael Boyd.” gave his opinion of what he supposedly...
Intercepted calls indicate Russian-backed Cossacks shot down plane, paper reports
Ukraine’s security agency says it intercepted calls said to be between Russian military intelligence officers, and between pro-Russian fighters. …read more Source: Toronto...
Putin’s statement on Ukraine plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a meeting with top economic advisers late Thursday with comments on the crash of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine. The text of his remarks, as taken from the Kremlin website and translated by The Associated Press: …read more Source: Miami...
Unrest in Ukraine will complicate Malaysia Air probe
Who will examine the voice and data recorders? How will investigators get to the scene? …read more Source: USA...
