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    MH17 Passenger, Crew List, Official Contact Numbers: Malaysia Airlines Releases List of All Passengers’ Names and Breakdown of Nationalities (+PDF)
    Jul19

    MH17 Passenger, Crew List, Official Contact Numbers: Malaysia Airlines Releases List of All Passengers’ Names and Breakdown of Nationalities (+PDF)

    Malaysia Airlines has released the complete list of passengers and crew names. The national carrier is also seeking out the family members or friends of those on-board the doomed Flight MH17. The Boeing 777 plane was shot down in Ukraine on July 17 while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Here is the statement from Malaysia Airlines:...

    Putin Needs to Call Out Pro-Russian Rebels
    Jul19

    Putin Needs to Call Out Pro-Russian Rebels

    KIEV — My heart is bleeding for the innocent victims who died in a crash of a Malaysian airliner two days ago. This tragedy left no one in Ukraine without tears. For many months, we have been mourning the death of the sons and daughters of Ukraine, and now that the Kremlin’s belligerence has claimed innocent lives of Dutch, Malaysian,...

    Border With Russia Helps Luhansk Republic Hang On
    Jul19

    Border With Russia Helps Luhansk Republic Hang On

    The Ukrainian government has intensified efforts to reestablish its authority in Luhansk Oblast. But the breakaway region’s control of a section of the border with Russia is proving a difficult lifeline to sever. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Witnesses to Malaysia crash try to make sense of tragedy
    Jul19

    Witnesses to Malaysia crash try to make sense of tragedy

    Locals in Gravobo, Ukraine, say they feel lucky the plane and its debris missed their homes. …read more Source: USA...

    Ukraine says multiple Buk missile systems moved to Russia
    Jul19

    Ukraine says multiple Buk missile systems moved to Russia

    Three Buk missile systems made their way from eastern Ukraine across the border into Russia on Friday, according to Ukrainian officials, including one lacking the missile they believe brought down a Malaysia Airlines jet the day before. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Dutch leader calls on Putin to help crash probe
    Jul19

    Dutch leader calls on Putin to help crash probe

    An angry Dutch prime minister says he has had an “extremely intense” telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he urged him to “show the world he intends to help” in the investigation into the Ukraine air disaster. …read more Source: Miami...

    Malaysian Authorities Sharpen Tone on MH17 Attack, Call for Justice
    Jul19

    Malaysian Authorities Sharpen Tone on MH17 Attack, Call for Justice

    Malaysia has stopped mincing their words. Ismail Nasaruddin, president at Malaysia Airlines staff union NUFAM, said the MH17 attack amounts to “murder,” and transport minister Liow Tiong Lai said the world has a “moral obligation” to ensure the safe recovery of remains as well as punishing those culpable. This was the...

    Graphic: A look at Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
    Jul19

    Graphic: A look at Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

    Malaysia Flight 17 was shot down by a missile Thursday over eastern Ukraine en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to authorities. …read more Source: USA...

    Why Airlines Didn’t Avoid Risky Ukraine Airspace; Other Flights Shot Down
    Jul19

    Why Airlines Didn’t Avoid Risky Ukraine Airspace; Other Flights Shot Down

    The shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines plane with nearly 300 people on board over war-torn eastern Ukraine is likely to have profound consequences for the world’s airlines. Airlines are already being more vigilant about avoiding trouble spots. That will make flights longer and more costly because of the need for extra fuel — an...

    Ukraine, rebels agree on security zone at crash site
    Jul19

    Ukraine, rebels agree on security zone at crash site

    The zone will allow teams to remove the bodies of the 298 killed in the shootdown of the airliner. …read more Source: USA...