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    Dutch flags at half-staff as nation mourns crash
    Jul18

    Dutch flags at half-staff as nation mourns crash

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Flags flew are flying half-staff across the Netherlands as the country mourns at least 154 of its citizens killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: San Francisco...

    Dutch flags fly half-staff as nation mourns victims of Ukraine passenger jet crash
    Jul18

    Dutch flags fly half-staff as nation mourns victims of Ukraine passenger jet crash

    Flags flew are flying half-staff across the Netherlands as the country mourns at least 154 of its citizens killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...

    Australia Calls For International Inquiry Into Airliner Crash In Ukraine
    Jul18

    Australia Calls For International Inquiry Into Airliner Crash In Ukraine

    Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop called for a full international inquiry into the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. Speaking to journalists July 18 in Brisbane, Bishop said Australia was seeking access to the crash site and urged pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to cooperate with the investigation. She said the...

    MH17 Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur Flight: Plane Crew Didn’t Make Distress Call Before Being Shot Down
    Jul18

    MH17 Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur Flight: Plane Crew Didn’t Make Distress Call Before Being Shot Down

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysia’s prime minister said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body. Najib Razak, who addressed a middle-of-the-night news conference after speaking with...

    Australian PM Points Finger at Russia Over Downed Malaysian Plane
    Jul18

    Australian PM Points Finger at Russia Over Downed Malaysian Plane

    The crashed plane burst into flames, smoke billowing across these fields in eastern Ukraine. Debris could be seen falling from the sky in the middle of a conflict zone. Much of the wreckage was burned beyond all recognition but here a wing clearly showing the markings of a Malaysia airliner. Poignant reminders of the 298 people on board...

    Australian PM Says ‘Russian-Backed Rebels’ Downed Malaysian Plane In Ukraine
    Jul18

    Australian PM Says ‘Russian-Backed Rebels’ Downed Malaysian Plane In Ukraine

    Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said “Russian-backed rebels” were behind the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jetliner over eastern Ukraine. In a speech before parliament on July 18 in Camberra, Abbott said it appeared that the anti-Kyiv separatists had shot down the plane, killing 298 people on board including 27...

    100 AIDS researchers may have been killed in crash
    Jul18

    100 AIDS researchers may have been killed in crash

    Researchers and activists among those said to have died on plane downed in Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...

    Second Black Box Found At Crash Site In Eastern Ukraine
    Jul18

    Second Black Box Found At Crash Site In Eastern Ukraine

    Emergency workers at the scene of a Malaysian jetliner crash in eastern Ukraine have found the plane’s second black box — a device carrying data that can help determine what happened during the flight’s final moments. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Clinton Suspects ‘Russian Insurgents’ Of Downing Malaysian Plane
    Jul18

    Clinton Suspects ‘Russian Insurgents’ Of Downing Malaysian Plane

    Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said European nations should take the lead in an investigation of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in eastern Ukraine. Clinton said in an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose on July 17 there was “growing awareness” that “Russian insurgents” were to blame for the downing...

    Malaysia Flight MH17 Black Box May Now Be In Moscow: Here’s A Complete Update On The Crash
    Jul18

    Malaysia Flight MH17 Black Box May Now Be In Moscow: Here’s A Complete Update On The Crash

    At least one of the “black box” flight data recorders on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 may already have been spirited away to Moscow by the pro-Russian separatist rebels who shot the plane down with a surface to air missile, killing 298 civilian people on board, according to The Telegraph and the BBC. Although the rebels said they...