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    US Confident Missile Came From Separatist Held Territory
    Jul19

    US Confident Missile Came From Separatist Held Territory

    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. The ominous pillar of black smoke, debris...

    Flight 17 Crash Probe Hindered by Rebels
    Jul19

    Flight 17 Crash Probe Hindered by Rebels

    Armed groups kept monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe from gaining full access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...

    Putin urges Ukraine cease-fire after plane attack
    Jul18

    Putin urges Ukraine cease-fire after plane attack

    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...

    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

    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...