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    Anthony Maslin And Marite Norris, Parents Of 3 Kids Killed On Flight MH17, Speak Out
    Jul24

    Anthony Maslin And Marite Norris, Parents Of 3 Kids Killed On Flight MH17, Speak Out

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 12:52 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Anthony Maslin and Marite Norris, who lost their three children and Norris’ father when Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, have released a statement describing their anguish. The couple had remained in Amsterdam while Nick Norris, 68, brought the kids — Otis, 8, Evie, 10 and Mo, 12 — home...

    40 Bodies From MH17 Solemnly Returned to Dutch Soil
    Jul24

    40 Bodies From MH17 Solemnly Returned to Dutch Soil

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

    (EINDHOVEN, Netherlands) — Victims of the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine returned at last Wednesday to Dutch soil in 40 wooden coffins, solemnly and gently carried to 40 identical hearses, flags at half-staff flapping in the wind. MoreEU Preparing Further Sanctions Against Russia After MH17 CrashMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash:...

    Amsterdam Remembers MH17 Victims In Silent March
    Jul24

    Amsterdam Remembers MH17 Victims In Silent March

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

    Dressed in white, Amsterdam residents walked silently through the city’s streets on July 23 in memory of the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, 193 of whom were Dutch. Flags on government and private buildings flew at half mast as mourners released hundreds of white balloons into the sky from the capital’s Dam Square....

    Disenchanted With Putin, Some Russians Are Voting With Their Feet
    Jul24

    Disenchanted With Putin, Some Russians Are Voting With Their Feet

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

    By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW (Reuters) – Most of Vladimir Paley’s clients want him to dig up their family history with one goal in mind: making a case to obtain foreign citizenship and leave Russia. Six months ago the soft-spoken genealogist had few such requests, but this month he hired an assistant to help him with the flow of...

    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...

    2 planes with more crash victims to leave Ukraine
    Jul24

    2 planes with more crash victims to leave Ukraine

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 10:24 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s government says 51 containers holding bodies and body parts of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash are ready to depart for the Netherlands aboard two military transport planes. …read more Source: San Francisco...

    The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
    Jul24

    The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 10:24 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Hello! Here’s what people will be taking about on Thursday. 1. The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban on U.S. flights into and out of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. The agency suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv on Tuesday over concerns related to a rocket strike near the airport. 2. A Ukrainian rebel admitted in an...

    Malaysian PM: ‘Weeks or Months’ Before Crash Victims’ Remains Returned
    Jul24

    Malaysian PM: ‘Weeks or Months’ Before Crash Victims’ Remains Returned

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 10:24 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday it might take “weeks or months” before remains of his compatriots who perished in the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine can be brought home. Malaysia, a majority Muslim country, had initially sought to have the remains returned by July 28 for Hari Raya, also known...

    EU to weigh far-reaching sanctions on Russia
    Jul24

    EU to weigh far-reaching sanctions on Russia

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 10:24 (EEST) Section: CNBC (USA)

    EU diplomats will weigh sweeping Russian sanctions on Thursday, according to a proposal seen by the Financial Times. …read more Source:...

    Tel Aviv Diary: Israelis Grow Impatient With Obama and Kerry
    Jul24

    Tel Aviv Diary: Israelis Grow Impatient With Obama and Kerry

    Thursday, July 24 , 2014 - 10:24 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Tel Aviv, ISRAEL—This was a day of reflection in Israel. The number of rockets falling on the nation’s cities has lessened in the past few days. While Hamas has continued to send rockets toward the center of the country, the numbers of rockets have dropped off by 50 percent. One more person in Israel, however, has died—a Thai...