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    Cameron demands Russia cease support for rebels
    Jul20

    Cameron demands Russia cease support for rebels

    In an unusual front-page op-ed in the Sunday Times, Cameron says there is growing evidence that separatist rebels, backed by Russia, shot down the aircraft, killing 298 people. If this is the case then we must be clear what it means: this is a direct result of Russia destabilizing a sovereign state, violating its territorial integrity, backing...

    Rebels take full control of plane crash bodies
    Jul20

    Rebels take full control of plane crash bodies

    A woman looks at a refrigerated train loaded with the bodies of victims, in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Sunday, July 20,… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Ukraine Releases Recordings of Rebel Leaders
    Jul20

    Ukraine Releases Recordings of Rebel Leaders

    Ukraine released what it said were intercepted recordings of separatist rebels at the Malaysia Airlines’ crash site talking about the need to keep flight-data recorders out of the hands of investigators. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Ukraine Says It Can Prove Russia Supplied Arms System That Felled Jet
    Jul20

    Ukraine Says It Can Prove Russia Supplied Arms System That Felled Jet

    The Ukrainian government said Saturday that it had proof that Russia had provided the surface-to-air missile system that shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: The Boston...

    Sky News Colin Brazier MH17 Luggage Video: Journalist Goes Through a Victim’s Belongings on Air
    Jul20

    Sky News Colin Brazier MH17 Luggage Video: Journalist Goes Through a Victim’s Belongings on Air

    Sky News journalist Colin Brazier went through a MH17 crash victim’s belongings on air. Brazier was at the crash site in Ukraine reporting on the recovery efforts, and he very briefly went through a victim’s luggage. The Sky presenter quickly realized that his behavior was inappropriate, and dropped a bag he was holding, saying,...

    Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine Are Using Malaysia Airlines Victims’ Bodies as a Bargaining Chip
    Jul20

    Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine Are Using Malaysia Airlines Victims’ Bodies as a Bargaining Chip

    Just when the news out of eastern Ukraine couldn’t get any worse, it did. Separatists controlling the area of of the MH17 wreckage have declared that they can only ensure international investigators will have access to the crash site if Ukraine agrees to a truce: “We declare that we will guarant …read more Source: The New...

    Ukraine Accuses Rebels of Hiding Plane Crash Evidence
    Jul20

    Ukraine Accuses Rebels of Hiding Plane Crash Evidence

    International observers have verified that a train, close to the Malaysian Airlines crash site, contained bags with frozen bodies. With armed rebels at their side, OSCE monitors took photographic evidence. But they were not let inside of the carriages. An anonymous representative said he did not know where the bodies were being taken next or...

    Mourning Mass in the Netherlands
    Jul20

    Mourning Mass in the Netherlands

    A Mourning mass was held in the Netherlands on Sunday for the 298 victims of the Malaysian aircraft shot down over eastern Ukraine. Many of the victims were from the Netherlands. In Harleem, in the north of the Netherlands, Catholics gathered at Saint Bavo Cathedral for a special memorial service where 298 candles were lit in the memory of those...

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Kerry Tells Russia to Take Responsibility
    Jul20

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Kerry Tells Russia to Take Responsibility

    Secretary of State John Kerry asked Russia on Sunday to “step up” and take responsibility for the Ukrainian rebels who are suspected of shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday. “It’s pretty clear that this is a system that was transferred from Russia,” Kerry said on...

    Malaysia MH17 Theft, Looting: Anton Gerashchenko, Alexander Borodai, Petro Poroshenko Allege That Crash Victims’ Belongings, Valuables Have Been Stolen
    Jul20

    Malaysia MH17 Theft, Looting: Anton Gerashchenko, Alexander Borodai, Petro Poroshenko Allege That Crash Victims’ Belongings, Valuables Have Been Stolen

    The belongings of MH17 crash victims have allegedly being stolen. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile on Thursday, July 17. The 298 crew and passengers on board the plane, which was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, all perished in the crash. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian...