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    Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Ukraine Accuses Rebels Of Destroying Evidence
    Jul19

    Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Ukraine Accuses Rebels Of Destroying Evidence

    * Ukraine says rebels hamper access to crash site * Fighting flares in region, fate of black boxes unclear * Obama calls downing of plane a “wake-up call” for Europe * Ukraine, allies believe rebel missile hit Boeing 777 HRABOVE, Ukraine, July 19 (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying...

    Tributes round the world for victims of Ukraine crash
    Jul19

    Tributes round the world for victims of Ukraine crash

    Families and small communities around the world pay tribute to the 298 people on board the Malaysian jet, which crashed in eastern Ukraine. Sarah Toms reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...

    China Hesitant to Accuse Russia for Plane Crash
    Jul19

    China Hesitant to Accuse Russia for Plane Crash

    The missile attack against a civilian airliner high above eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 aboard, is already seen as a pivotal moment in the Ukraine crisis. China has said the conflict is an internal struggle that should be negotiated peacefully, but has resisted joining Western-led sanctions against Moscow. After the MH17 crash, China joined...

    Putin’s Defiance After Malaysian Airlines Crash Points to Further Isolationsim
    Jul19

    Putin’s Defiance After Malaysian Airlines Crash Points to Further Isolationsim

    At some point on Thursday evening, just after Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 blew apart over some wheat field in eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin had a chance to take stock of his options. There were essentially two. The Russian President could stand behind the rebel fighters in eastern Ukraine, even as suspicion grew that they were responsible for...

    Tributes Round the World for Victims of Ukraine Crash
    Jul19

    Tributes Round the World for Victims of Ukraine Crash

    Prayers and tributes across the world for the victims of the Malaysian airliner, which crashed in eastern Ukraine. Here in Sydney, Australia’s Ukrainian community mourned the deaths of the 298 passengers on board MH17 with tears and songs. The victims came from 11 countries, and their deaths are felt across four continents. In the...

    OSCE Team Allowed To See Part Of Crash Site
    Jul19

    OSCE Team Allowed To See Part Of Crash Site

    Armed separatists in eastern Ukraine have allowed international inspectors to visit a field strewn with debris from a Malaysian airliner that was shot down on July 17, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Multiple Bus Crash Kills 9, Injures 40 in Germany
    Jul19

    Multiple Bus Crash Kills 9, Injures 40 in Germany

    A Polish bus collided with a Ukrainian bus, and then broke through the central barrier and collided with a minibus traveling in the other direction. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine Accuses Insurgents of Blocking Access to Crash Site
    Jul19

    Ukraine Accuses Insurgents of Blocking Access to Crash Site

    “Russian-led terrorists” are keeping international investigators and foreign governments from the site where Malaysian Airlines 17 crashed after being shot down by a missile, the Ukrainian government said Saturday. …read more Source: The New York...

    Raw: Crash site has been compromised
    Jul19

    Raw: Crash site has been compromised

    Malaysia’s transport minister expresses deep concern over preservation of plane crash site in Ukraine. (July 19) …read more Source: USA...

    Malaysia ‘deeply concerned’ that Ukraine site where jetliner went down not ‘properly secured’
    Jul19

    Malaysia ‘deeply concerned’ that Ukraine site where jetliner went down not ‘properly secured’

    Malaysia’s transport minister says the country is “deeply concerned” that the site in Ukraine where a Malaysia Airlines jetliner was shot down with 298 people onboard “has not been properly secured.” Liow Tiong Lai said at a news conference Saturday in Kuala Lumpur that “the integrity of the site has been...