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    WWE uses Ukraine plane crash to ramp up drama
    Jul22

    WWE uses Ukraine plane crash to ramp up drama

    A pair of wrestling personalities used the Malaysia Airlines tragedy to drum up the drama at WWE Battleground on Sunday night. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    EU Ministers Threaten Russia with Sanctions but Action Unsure
    Jul22

    EU Ministers Threaten Russia with Sanctions but Action Unsure

    European Union foreign ministers threatened Russia on Tuesday with harsher sanctions over Ukraine, but tougher talk may not be matched by much action after France’s president signaled the disputed delivery of a warship to Moscow would go ahead. The 28 EU ministers met under growing pressure from the United States and Britain to step up...

    France Defies Allies, Confirms Warship for Russia
    Jul22

    France Defies Allies, Confirms Warship for Russia

    President Francois Hollande won broad domestic applause on Tuesday for defying allies Britain and the United States by confirming plans to deliver a helicopter carrier to Russia. One backer dismissed their objections as hypocritical. Speaking on the eve of a European Union meeting to discuss sanctions on Moscow over Thursday’s downing of a...

    MH17 bodies now out of rebel territory | USA NOW
    Jul22

    MH17 bodies now out of rebel territory | USA NOW

    Four refrigerated rail cars carrying the bodies of 282 of the 298 victims of a downed Malaysian jetliner arrived in the city of Kharkiv, controlled by the Ukrainian national government, en route to Amsterdam. …read more Source: USA...

    Dutch PM: 1st Victims Should be Home Wednesday
    Jul22

    Dutch PM: 1st Victims Should be Home Wednesday

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands— The Dutch prime minister says his government aims to have the first bodies of victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 back in the Netherlands on Wednesday. Mark Rutte said Tuesday that a plane is ready to bring the first remains back from the Ukrainian government-controlled town of Kharkiv, where they...

    A Closer Look At The Soviet-Era Missile System Probably Used To Shoot Down MH17
    Jul22

    A Closer Look At The Soviet-Era Missile System Probably Used To Shoot Down MH17

    There is overwhelming evidence that Malaysia airlines Flight MH 17, carrying 298 people, was shot down by SA-11 Buk surface-to-air antiaircraft missiles that were fired by the rebels — and supplied by the Russians. Even the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta admits the obvious: “There is practically no doubt that the aircraft was shot...

    Dutch prime minister: Government expects to have 1st bodies of Ukraine victims home Wednesday
    Jul22

    Dutch prime minister: Government expects to have 1st bodies of Ukraine victims home Wednesday

    The Dutch prime minister says his government aims to have the first bodies of victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 back in the Netherlands on Wednesday. …read more Source: FOX...

    France Sells Warship to Russia Despite Ukraine Tensions
    Jul22

    France Sells Warship to Russia Despite Ukraine Tensions

    PARIS—French President Francois Hollande is defending plans to deliver a warship to Russia, despite calls for a European arms embargo against Moscow over the fighting in Ukraine. European Union foreign ministers are meeting Tuesday in Brussels, with some calling for tougher sanctions against Russia. Hollande told reporters that the...

    Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels
    Jul22

    Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels

    The horrifying crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has put the pro-Russia rebels operating in Ukraine’s eastern regions center stage — and raised all kinds of questions about who they are, what they want and who’s in charge. …read more Source:...

    Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 black box handed over to Malaysian authorities with a price
    Jul22

    Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 black box handed over to Malaysian authorities with a price

    Victims’ bodies have arrived in Ukrainian government territory, and the local pro-Russian rebels handed over the plane’s black box, but none of this has been a smooth or easy process. Mark Phillips reports from Grabovo, Ukraine. …read more Source:...