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    Audio of Intercepted Calls of Separatists
    Jul18

    Audio of Intercepted Calls of Separatists

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Ukraine released what it said was audio of phone calls between rebels and Russian officers. In one call, a rebel is heard saying, “We have just shot down a plane.” …read more Source: The New York...

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: FAA Bans U.S. Flight Routes Over Region
    Jul18

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: FAA Bans U.S. Flight Routes Over Region

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    The Federal Aviation Adminstration (FAA) has released a Notice to Airman barring U.S. flight operations within the Simferopol and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Eastern Ukraine following the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was reportedly shot down over the war-torn area. The new flight paths prohibited on Thursday are an addition to...

    Family crushed over loss of daughter on Malaysian plane
    Jul18

    Family crushed over loss of daughter on Malaysian plane

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: New York Daily News (USA)

    On Thursday, Nur Shazana Mohamed Salleh’s parents were thrown into a nightmare when their daughter’s plane was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    UN Security Council Sets Emergency Meeting On Ukraine
    Jul18

    UN Security Council Sets Emergency Meeting On Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Friday morning on Ukraine. Britain’s U.N. Mission said Thursday it requested the meeting and later tweeted that it is set for 10 a.m. Friday. The request follows Wednesday’s downing of a Ukrainian air force fighter and Thursday’s downing of a...

    Authorities scramble to determine who launched missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines jet with 298 aboard
    Jul18

    Authorities scramble to determine who launched missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines jet with 298 aboard

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    As pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government traded charges about who was behind the surface-to-air missile that downed a Malaysia Airlines jet with 298 aboard Thursday, a U.S. intelligence official told Fox News the possibility it was fired from Russian territory could not be ruled out. …read more Source: FOX...

    Rescue teams still working on the scene of Malaysian plane crash
    Jul18

    Rescue teams still working on the scene of Malaysian plane crash

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners are combing the area adjacent to the site in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian jetliner crashed on Thursday, killing all 298 aboard. …read more Source: FOX...

    Malaysia says jetliner did not make distress call
    Jul18

    Malaysia says jetliner did not make distress call

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    A woman reacts after hearing about the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashing in eastern Ukraine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Malaysia … …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Breakingviews: Ukraine Incident a Reminder of Risk
    Jul18

    Breakingviews: Ukraine Incident a Reminder of Risk

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    “Despite the apparent downing of a Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine with close to 300 people on board, for passengers and investors the chances of these airline fatalities happening is vanishingly small. And in fact, over the last 25 years, the number of air fatalities has fallen per passenger departure by more than half according to...

    Plane blast will add pressure on Obama to help Ukraine
    Jul18

    Plane blast will add pressure on Obama to help Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: New York Daily News (USA)

    WASHINGTON – The downing of the Malaysian airliner greatly complicates the Ukraine crisis and will intensify pressure on President Obama to send military help. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Putin: If MH17 Crashed in Ukraine, It’s Ukraine’s Fault
    Jul18

    Putin: If MH17 Crashed in Ukraine, It’s Ukraine’s Fault

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 8:54 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    During a meeting with his top economic advisers on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the opportunity to argue that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 would not have been downed had there not been civil war in Ukraine — a conflict he has repeatedly pinned on the central government in Kiev. “I would like to note that this tragedy...