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    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...

    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...

    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...