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    Whale Collisions Spark Calls for Ship Speed Limits in Australia
    Jul23

    Whale Collisions Spark Calls for Ship Speed Limits in Australia

    Right now, some 20,000 humpback whales are enjoying the warm waters of Australia’s East Coast, where they migrate every year during Antarctica’s winter to feed, breed and calve. They are the product of a wildly successful conservation program launched in 1979 that brought the humpback from the brink of extinction following decades of...

    First Bodies From Crash Leave for Netherlands
    Jul23

    First Bodies From Crash Leave for Netherlands

    The first plane carrying bodies of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash left Ukraine for the Netherlands, where forensics experts will begin the complex task of identifying the bodies and returning them to their loved ones. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    The Factory in the China Food Scandal Is Foreign-Owned. That Could Have Made It a Target
    Jul23

    The Factory in the China Food Scandal Is Foreign-Owned. That Could Have Made It a Target

    Another day in China, another food scandal. This time the accused is a meat supplier to KFC and McDonald’s in China. An undercover investigation by a Chinese TV station, which aired on Sunday, claimed that a factory in Shanghai owned by Illinois-based OSI Group was shipping the fast-food giants expired meat. Later, coffee-shop chain...

    Australia: All Ukraine victims may not be found
    Jul23

    Australia: All Ukraine victims may not be found

    The remains of some victims of the Malaysian airliner crash may never be recovered unless there is a secure and thorough search of the area in rebel-controlled east Ukraine where it was shot down, Australia’s prime minister said Wednesday. …read more Source: Miami...

    Bodies Of MH17 Victims Depart Kharkiv
    Jul23

    Bodies Of MH17 Victims Depart Kharkiv

    The first bodies of victims from the Malaysian airliner downed in eastern Ukraine departed Kharkiv on July 23. At a ceremony at Kharkiv’s airport Ukrainian soldiers loaded coffins with the remains of those who died in the MH17 crash on a Dutch military plane before it took off for the Netherlands. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio...

    Australia says all victims of Ukraine plane crash may not be recovered without full search
    Jul23

    Australia says all victims of Ukraine plane crash may not be recovered without full search

    Australia’s prime minister says the remains of some victims of the Malaysian airliner crash may never be recovered unless there is a thorough search of the site in Ukraine where it was shot down. …read more Source: FOX...

    Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Flies to Israel, Dismissing Safety Fears
    Jul23

    Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Flies to Israel, Dismissing Safety Fears

    Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has flown to the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, CBS reports, thumbing his nose at the safety concerns that grounded most Israel-bound flights from the U.S. earlier in the day. MoreBirthright Youth Trips Continue As Israel-Gaza Conflict Rages OnNetanyahu’s Wikipedia Page Replaced With Palestinian...

    MH17 Victims’ Remains Readied for Flight to Netherlands
    Jul23

    MH17 Victims’ Remains Readied for Flight to Netherlands

    The remains of some of the nearly 300 people who died in a Malaysian Airlines crash last week were being readied to be flown to the Netherlands early Wednesday. A transport plane sat on the tarmac at the airport in Kharkiv, Ukraine, as the Ukraine government planned a departing ceremony for the bodies of MH17 passengers and crew who were victims...

    Bodies of Malaysia Airlines crash victims bound for Netherlands
    Jul23

    Bodies of Malaysia Airlines crash victims bound for Netherlands

    The first bodies of victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 will be flown to the Netherlands Wednesday for formal identification and forensic examination, six days after the Boeing 777 fell out of the sky and into a field in eastern Ukraine, near the border with Russia. …read more Source: FOX...

    In international flight, volatile conflicts abound
    Jul23

    In international flight, volatile conflicts abound

    In Africa, the entire Sahel region is awash with weapons that include portable air defense systems leftover from the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi. The world is pockmarked with volatile hot spots stretching from West Africa to Central Asia — a wide arc where commercial flights and airline passengers could potentially be at risk from...