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    Probe at a crawl week after Flight 17 crash
    Jul24

    Probe at a crawl week after Flight 17 crash

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 14:20 (EEST) Section: CBS (USA)

    Full team of investigators kept at bay as Ukraine says 2 fighter jets shot down near crash site, and more remains flown to Netherlands …read more Source:...

    Slim Chance for Justice in Malaysia Air MH17 Downing
    Jul24

    Slim Chance for Justice in Malaysia Air MH17 Downing

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 14:20 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    GENEVA—Anyone hoping to bring to justice whoever downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 must face sobering facts. The wreckage scene is compromised, key evidence may have disappeared altogether and political complexities could block an international court from hearing the case. If Russian nationals were involved in the disaster that claimed 298...

    Western Threats Mean Little to Putin
    Jul24

    Western Threats Mean Little to Putin

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 14:20 (EEST) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

    Russia appears to be threatened from all sides because of its behavior in the Ukraine conflict. The threats, however, are not real to President Vladimir Putin or to the rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    German Officials Say The EU Will Hit Putin With Biting Sanctions
    Jul24

    German Officials Say The EU Will Hit Putin With Biting Sanctions

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 13:14 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The German government believes the European Union could move to sanctions on sectors of the Russian economy by the end of July unless Russia acts quickly to defuse the crisis in eastern Ukraine, an EU source said on Thursday. German officials in Brussels have also briefed that Berlin favors a time limit on how long new...

    Plane with more crash victims leaves Ukraine
    Jul24

    Plane with more crash victims leaves Ukraine

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 13:14 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    In this framegrab made from a video provided by press service of the rebel Donetsk People’s Republic and icorpus.ru, pro-Russians collect parts of the burning debris of a Ukrainian military fi… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Ukraine Separatists Had Surface-to-Air Missiles, Rebel Leader Admits
    Jul24

    Ukraine Separatists Had Surface-to-Air Missiles, Rebel Leader Admits

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 12:52 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    A separatist commander in Ukraine admitted Wednesday that pro-Russian fighters possessed the surface-to-air BUK missiles that are believed to have brought down the Malaysia Airlines commercial flight in the east of the country last week. Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of the Vostok Battalion, told Reuters that separatist groups had possession...

    Donetsk Rebel Commander Admits Having Buk Missiles
    Jul24

    Donetsk Rebel Commander Admits Having Buk Missiles

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 12:52 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    In a July 22 interview with Reuters, pro-Russian separatist commander Aleksandr Khodakovsky admitted the separatists had the type of antiaircraft missiles believed to have been used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine. Khodakovsky, the commander of the insurgents’ Vostok Battalion, told Reuters he “knew a Buk was...

    Long odds for justice in Malaysia jet disaster
    Jul24

    Long odds for justice in Malaysia jet disaster

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 12:52 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    The airliner’s destruction over eastern Ukraine on July 17 might qualify as a war crime or a crime against humanity, but winning a guilty verdict would be difficult because it would require proving there was a systematic or widespread attack against civilians, experts said. “Malaysia Airlines was a clearly identified commercial...

    -Dutch Mourn as First MH17 Bodies Arrive in Netherlands
    Jul24

    -Dutch Mourn as First MH17 Bodies Arrive in Netherlands

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 12:52 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    A nation in shock and mourning. Flags across the Netherlands flew at half mast in memory of the 298 people who died when flight MH17 crashed in rebel controlled eastern Ukraine. In Amsterdam, thousands of people gathered outside the royal palace in Dam Square, commemorating the innocent victims caught up in a distant war. U.S. officials believe...

    Communist Faction In Ukrainian Parliament Dissolved
    Jul24

    Communist Faction In Ukrainian Parliament Dissolved

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 12:52 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukrainian parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has dissolved the Communist faction in the parliament. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...