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    Anger and Sadness in Kyiv, as Rhetoric Rises
    Jul20

    Anger and Sadness in Kyiv, as Rhetoric Rises

    Ukrainian officials have further inflamed the rhetoric over the downing of the Malaysian airliner, claiming that a Russian crew was operating the anti-aircraft system that was allegedly used. The accusation comes in an atmosphere of both sadness and anger. On Independence Square, the center of the revolution that ousted the pro-Russian president...

    Ukraine Rebels Haul Away Victims of Malaysia Airlines Crash
    Jul20

    Ukraine Rebels Haul Away Victims of Malaysia Airlines Crash

    MoreMalaysian Authorities Sharpen Tone on MH17 Attack, Call for JusticePutin’s Defiance After Malaysia Airlines Crash Points to Further IsolationismLives Lost: Remembering Karlijn Keijzer, Indiana University Rower and ChemistThe engine of the old Zil military truck sputtered as the rebel fighter put the gearbox in reverse, mixing the smell...

    Dutch cyclist changed tickets for both doomed Malaysia Airlines flights
    Jul20

    Dutch cyclist changed tickets for both doomed Malaysia Airlines flights

    Maarten de Jonge has escaped certain death. Twice. If the Dutch cyclist boarded either of Malaysia Airlines doomed flights, MH 17 and MH 370, he could likely be at the bottom of the Indian Ocean or shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    David Cameron: Russia To Blame Over Malaysia Airlines Crash If Rebels Responsible
    Jul20

    David Cameron: Russia To Blame Over Malaysia Airlines Crash If Rebels Responsible

    LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday that if it were proven that Ukrainian separatists were behind the downing of a Malaysian jet carrying 298 passengers, Russia would be to blame for having destabilized the country. “If this is the case then we must be clear what it means: this is a direct...

    Experts: Whoever brought down Malaysian jet had extensive training
    Jul20

    Experts: Whoever brought down Malaysian jet had extensive training

    Whoever fired the surface-to-air missile that brought down a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine would have needed extensive training to execute the mission, according to military experts. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT
    Jul20

    AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT

    International monitors try to secure sprawling Ukraine plane crash site for investigation HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) – International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses that fell from a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes …...

    GOP Will Find a Way to Blame President Obama on Ukraine Jet Downing
    Jul20

    GOP Will Find a Way to Blame President Obama on Ukraine Jet Downing

    The monstrous downing of a Malaysian jet liner apparently by Russian backed separatists in the Ukraine did something that few thought could happen. It has gotten GOP leaders momentarily to agree with President Obama when he pointed the finger squarely at Russia for the horrific attack. But don’t expect the GOP’s hand hold with Obama...

    AIDS Society Mourns Six Researchers, Experts Killed in Plane Crash
    Jul20

    AIDS Society Mourns Six Researchers, Experts Killed in Plane Crash

    The International AIDS Society has confirmed that at least six high-level researchers and AIDS experts were among those killed on a Malaysia Airlines flight downed Thursday over volatile eastern Ukraine. The victims include the former president of the society, which is holding its annual week-long conference beginning Sunday. Officials say this...

    Work Continues Amid Chaotic Conditions at Ukraine Crash Site
    Jul20

    Work Continues Amid Chaotic Conditions at Ukraine Crash Site

    Emergency workers recovered bodies of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash victims outside a separatist-held village. The work began amid chaotic conditions. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Without radar, missile may not have identified jet
    Jul20

    Without radar, missile may not have identified jet

    On Friday, Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency also quoted Konstantin Sivkov, director of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, as saying Buk missiles should be provided with external systems of target identification, that is, radio-location systems. Social media postings from the rebels in the immediate aftermath of...