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    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...

    Ukraine accuses Russia of helping destroy plane crash evidence
    Jul19

    Ukraine accuses Russia of helping destroy plane crash evidence

    Kiev says militiamen removed 38 bodies from crash site and are “seeking large transports to carry away plane fragments to Russia” …read more Source:...

    Ukraine crisis shows divisions in old Soviet bloc
    Jul19

    Ukraine crisis shows divisions in old Soviet bloc

    WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s foreign minister had sharp words on the downing of the Malaysia Airlines jumbo jet in Ukraine — blaming the crash on Russia-backed “bandits.” But throughout most of central and eastern Europe, leaders withheld judgment, expressing shock but refusing to say more until more facts are in....

    Forensic experts gather material to ID victims
    Jul19

    Forensic experts gather material to ID victims

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Forensic teams fanned out across the Netherlands on Saturday to collect material including DNA samples that will help positively identify the remains of victims killed in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine.Police said in a tweet that 40 pairs of detectives from the National Forensic...

    Forensic experts gather material to ID victims
    Jul19

    Forensic experts gather material to ID victims

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Forensic teams fanned out across the Netherlands on Saturday to collect material including DNA samples that will help positively identify the remains of victims killed in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine. The spokesman, who declined to be named in line with company policy, said the team...

    AIDS Society Mourns Researchers, Experts Killed in Crash
    Jul19

    AIDS Society Mourns Researchers, Experts Killed in Crash

    The International AIDS Society has confirmed that at least six high-level researchers and AIDS experts were among those killed on the 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 in Melbourne....

    Ukraine crisis shows divisions in old Soviet bloc
    Jul19

    Ukraine crisis shows divisions in old Soviet bloc

    With uncertainty surrounding Thursday’s plane crash, most have little to gain from pointing fingers, especially since the tragedy, which killed 298 people, is unlikely to blunt Russia’s growing clout in the region, experts say. On the plane crash, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there’s still “no clarity,”...

    Top AIDS Researcher Killed in Malaysia Plane Crash
    Jul19

    Top AIDS Researcher Killed in Malaysia Plane Crash

    The international AIDS community is reeling from the loss of many as 100 researchers who died when Malaysia Airlines flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine. They were en route to an AIDS conference that is about to begin in Australia. Among the dead, a leader in AIDS research, Dr. Joep Lange. Dr. Joup Lange changed the world’s view on who...