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    U.S. Building Case Tying Pro-Russian Separatists To Plane Crash In Ukraine
    Jul19

    U.S. Building Case Tying Pro-Russian Separatists To Plane Crash In Ukraine

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

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States began building a case Friday linking pro-Russian separatists to the shocking downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine. A somber President Barack Obama declared the deaths of those on board, including at least one American, an “outrage of unspeakable proportions.” Obama said the U.S. believes the...

    Obama stops short of blaming Russia for downed jet in Ukraine
    Jul19

    Obama stops short of blaming Russia for downed jet in Ukraine

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    President Obama on Friday condemned the missile attack that downed a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine as an “outrage of unspeakable proportions” but stopped short of blaming Russia directly for the tragedy. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    US Confident Missile Came From Separatist-Held Territory
    Jul19

    US Confident Missile Came From Separatist-Held Territory

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The United States says it is confident the missile that took down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was launched from territory held by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The task of determining exactly who pulled the trigger, however, now falls to investigators, who will face some challenges. VOA’s Jeff Seldin reports from the...

    Syracuse’s Ukrainian community reacts to tragedy
    Jul19

    Syracuse’s Ukrainian community reacts to tragedy

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

    After a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down Thursday, the Ukrainian community in Central New York is reacting to this tragedy. …read more Source: CNY...

    Downing of Jet Exposes Defects of Flight Precautions Over Ukraine
    Jul19

    Downing of Jet Exposes Defects of Flight Precautions Over Ukraine

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

    Flight restrictions underestimated the risks to a startling degree, leaving Flight 17 exposed at 33,000 feet to missiles known to fly to more than twice that height. …read more Source: The New York...

    Ukraine rebels limit access to site of downed jet
    Jul19

    Ukraine rebels limit access to site of downed jet

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

    KIEV, Ukraine — The quest for clues in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet faced major obstacles Friday, as the rebel militias that Ukraine blames for the disaster limited access to the mammoth crash site strewn with airplane parts and bodies. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...

    US Calls On Putin to Withdraw Support of Ukrainian Separatists
    Jul19

    US Calls On Putin to Withdraw Support of Ukrainian Separatists

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The United States on Friday called for an independent international investigation into the downing of the Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, and for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict. VOA’s Sharon Behn reports on Washington’s growing concern over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the region. …read...

    Malaysia Reeling: Second Air Disaster in Four Months
    Jul19

    Malaysia Reeling: Second Air Disaster in Four Months

    Saturday, July 19 , 2014 - 10:36 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Malaysia is reeling from the second air disaster in four months involving the country’s flag carrier. Flight 340 vanished in March and despite an extensive search, no debris has been found. And on Thursday, Flight 17, likely hit by a surface-to-air missile, came apart over eastern Ukraine. The two incidents together have left more than 500...

    Russia’s Putin Calls for Ukraine Cease-fire After MH17 Is Downed
    Jul18

    Russia’s Putin Calls for Ukraine Cease-fire After MH17 Is Downed

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    ROZSYPNE, Ukraine—Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a jetliner shot down as it flew miles above the country’s battlefield. The attack Thursday afternoon killed 298 people from nearly a dozen nations...

    From AIDS Expert to Nun, Malaysia MH17 Crash Kills Hundreds
    Jul18

    From AIDS Expert to Nun, Malaysia MH17 Crash Kills Hundreds

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands—International passengers from all walks of life, from a prominent AIDS researcher and soccer fans to a nun and a florist, were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The Boeing 777 was carrying 298 people when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday in eastern Ukraine, sending shockwaves around the world from...