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    Without radar, missile may not have identified jet
    Jul20

    Without radar, missile may not have identified jet

    Sunday, July 20 , 2014 - 2:35 (EET) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    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...

    Cheating death twice: Maarten de Jonge changed plans for doomed Malaysia Airlines flights
    Jul20

    Cheating death twice: Maarten de Jonge changed plans for doomed Malaysia Airlines flights

    Sunday, July 20 , 2014 - 2:35 (EET) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    Professional cyclist Maarten de Jonge avoided death on both Malaysia Airline flights that have crashed or disappeared in recent months. The 29-year-old Dutch cyclist was scheduled to fly on MH 370, which disappeared over the Pacific Ocean, and MH 17, which just this week was shot down over Ukraine. But … …read more Source: The...

    With Jet Strike, War in Ukraine Is Felt Globally
    Jul20

    With Jet Strike, War in Ukraine Is Felt Globally

    Sunday, July 20 , 2014 - 2:35 (EET) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 rippled across multiple continents, bringing home in vivid relief the consequences of a struggle that had seemed far removed for many. …read more Source: The New York...

    Russia’s Spin Job of the MH17 Crash Brings Back Soviet Memories
    Jul20

    Russia’s Spin Job of the MH17 Crash Brings Back Soviet Memories

    Sunday, July 20 , 2014 - 2:35 (EET) Section: Time (USA)

    A Russian disaster is almost never followed by Russian candor. This is true of most countries, but most countries are at least adept at explaining themselves—even if disingenuously—as the George W. Bush administration showed with its flood-the-airwaves spin campaign after the weapons of mass destruction that were the casus belli of...

    Without radar, missile may not have identified jet
    Jul20

    Without radar, missile may not have identified jet

    Sunday, July 20 , 2014 - 2:35 (EET) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn’t have the right systems in place to distinguish between military and civilian aircraft, experts said Saturday. …read more Source: Miami...

    Gruesome Toll: Nearly 200 Bodies Found, But Rebels Guarding Them
    Jul19

    Gruesome Toll: Nearly 200 Bodies Found, But Rebels Guarding Them

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 22:11 (EET) Section: NBC (USA)

    A total of 190 bodies have been discovered at the MH17 crash site by emergency crews combing the vast wreckage area, a Ukrainian official says. …read more Source:...

    Dutch PM Urges Russia’s Putin to Help Plane Disaster Probe
    Jul19

    Dutch PM Urges Russia’s Putin to Help Plane Disaster Probe

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 22:11 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he had a “very intense” phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday, in which he urged the Russian leader to use his influence over Ukraine’s separatists to help in the investigation of the Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine. Rutte said he told Putin that he must...

    Blame Game Over Malaysia Plane Crash
    Jul19

    Blame Game Over Malaysia Plane Crash

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 22:11 (EET) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    Emergency crews continue with their grisly task, as OSCE investigators help comb through the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight 17. They say that overall, access is improving at this rebel-held site in eastern Ukraine. But as the investigation takes shape, fingers are being pointed in all directions. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says...

    DNA being collected to ID Ukraine crash victims
    Jul19

    DNA being collected to ID Ukraine crash victims

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 22:11 (EET) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    A woman carries flowers on her way to attend a gathering at soccer club Altius in Hilversum, Netherlands, Saturday, July 19, 2014. A family, father, mother, daughter and son, from which the fa… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    DNA being collected to ID Ukraine crash victims
    Jul19

    DNA being collected to ID Ukraine crash victims

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 22:11 (EET) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Forensic teams fanned out across the Netherlands on Saturday to collect material that will help positively identify the remains of victims killed in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine. Families and friends of the dead huddled to console one another at churches, schools and sports clubs across...