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    France sticks to warship sale to Russia despite calls for European arms embargo, sanctions
    Jul22

    France sticks to warship sale to Russia despite calls for European arms embargo, sanctions

    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. …read more Source: FOX...

    Train moving MH17 dead heads west
    Jul22

    Train moving MH17 dead heads west

    A train carrying the bodies of MH17 crash victims arrives in Kharkiv after rebels in eastern Ukraine surrender the plane’s black boxes to officials. …read more Source:...

    Train Moves Bodies From Conflict Zone
    Jul22

    Train Moves Bodies From Conflict Zone

    The refrigerated train carrying the bodies and remains of those killed aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has left the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine and arrived in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Australian PM Alleges ‘Coverup’ At MH17 Crash Site
    Jul22

    Australian PM Alleges ‘Coverup’ At MH17 Crash Site

    Australia’s prime minister is alleging a “cover-up” amid tampering of evidence at the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia’s ambassador to Malaysia denies the crashed plane’s black boxes were opened before they were handed over to Malaysian officials. Prime minister Abbott says...

    Crash victims’ remains reach Ukraine-held city
    Jul22

    Crash victims’ remains reach Ukraine-held city

    KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in territory held by the Ukrainian government on Tuesday on their way to the Netherlands, after delays and haphazard treatment of the bodies that put pressure on European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels to impose tougher economic sanctions on...

    Ukraine jet-downing crisis eases
    Jul22

    Ukraine jet-downing crisis eases

    DONETSK, Ukraine — After days of resistance, pro-Russian rebels on Monday yielded some ground in the crisis surrounding downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 — handing over passengers’ bodies, relinquishing the plane’s black boxes and pledging broader access for investigators to the crash site. …read more Source:...

    ‘The world must choose sides’
    Jul22

    ‘The world must choose sides’

    In the wake of the attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, “every country, including Russia,” must determine whether it is “together with the terrorists or together with the civilized world,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday. …read more Source:...

    2 dogs among casualties of Malaysia Airlines crash
    Jul22

    2 dogs among casualties of Malaysia Airlines crash

    A cargo manifest revealed that two dogs were among the casualties of the doomed Malaysian jet that fell from the sky in eastern Ukraine this week. …read more Source:...

    Opinion: Why rush to put Putin in dock?
    Jul22

    Opinion: Why rush to put Putin in dock?

    Did you have a Franz Ferdinand moment when you first heard about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashing in eastern Ukraine? …read more Source:...

    EU Weighs Deeper Sanctions If Russia Fails To Resolve Crisis In Ukraine
    Jul22

    EU Weighs Deeper Sanctions If Russia Fails To Resolve Crisis In Ukraine

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sternly called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to compel Kremlin-backed separatists to stop hampering the probe at the Ukraine site of a downed passenger jet and allow international investigators unfettered access. “What exactly are they trying to hide?” Obama said Monday from the...