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    Police: 9 dead, 40 injured in bus crash in Germany
    Jul19

    Police: 9 dead, 40 injured in bus crash in Germany

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    BERLIN — Nine people have died and 40 were injured when several buses crashed on a German highway near the eastern city of Dresden, police said Saturday.The crash, which happened about 2 a.m. Saturday, involved a Polish bus, a Ukrainian bus and a Polish minibus, said police spokesman Lutz Zoellner. He was unable to immediately provide...

    US: Can’t rule out Russian role in plane downing
    Jul19

    US: Can’t rule out Russian role in plane downing

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) – U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday that the United States cannot rule out that Russia helped in the launch of the surface-to-air missile that shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 … …read more Source: The...

    Police: 9 dead, 40 injured in bus crash in Germany
    Jul19

    Police: 9 dead, 40 injured in bus crash in Germany

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Citing a preliminary police report, MDR said the Polish bus hit the rear of the Ukrainian bus and then broke through the median barrier, crashing into the oncoming minibus. …read more Source: San Francisco...

    U.N. ambassador Power: “Russia must end this war”
    Jul19

    U.N. ambassador Power: “Russia must end this war”

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: CBS (USA)

    At a U.N. Security Council meeting, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power called on Russia to end the war in Ukraine, which is believed to have played a role in the deadly shoot down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. …read more Source:...

    Russian missile smuggled into Ukraine before Malaysia jet downed: tapes
    Jul19

    Russian missile smuggled into Ukraine before Malaysia jet downed: tapes

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: New York Daily News (USA)

    Secretly intercepted chatter suggests a deadly Russian missile system was smuggled across the border to Ukraine just hours before a Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Separatists may have Russian anti-aircraft training
    Jul19

    Separatists may have Russian anti-aircraft training

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)

    WASHINGTON — The United States has gathered a significant body of evidence that Ukrainian separatists have been trained on Russian territory in recent weeks to fire anti-aircraft missiles, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials who have raised alarms over the reports. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...

    Don’t Blame Malaysia Airlines
    Jul19

    Don’t Blame Malaysia Airlines

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    I have an op-ed in Saturday morning’s NYT, whose title gets across its point: “Don’t Blame Malaysia Airlines.” Short version: Airlines rely on regulators and national and international bodies to tell them about airspace they should avoid. Absent such warnings, airspace is presumptively legal and safe for transit. MH17 was...

    Garry Kasparov: The Price of Inaction in Ukraine
    Jul19

    Garry Kasparov: The Price of Inaction in Ukraine

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    There are many questions still to be answered about what happened to Malaysian Air flight MH17 over Eastern Ukraine. I will limit myself to what is known to a reasonable doubt based on the evidence and statements that have been provided by numerous officials in the 36 hours since the tragedy. Nearly 300 innocent lives were lost when flight MH17...

    Fidel Castro: Ukraine to blame for downed airliner
    Jul18

    Fidel Castro: Ukraine to blame for downed airliner

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro is blaming the Ukrainian government in Kiev for the downing of a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane. …read more Source: Miami...

    Kyiv Releases Audio Evidence That Donetsk Militants Got Antiaircraft Weapons From Russia
    Jul18

    Kyiv Releases Audio Evidence That Donetsk Militants Got Antiaircraft Weapons From Russia

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukraine’s Security Service has released more audio of purported conversations among militants in eastern Ukraine that Kyiv believes proves they received powerful Buk-M antiaircraft weapons and the crews to man them from Russia on July 14. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...