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    Global leaders express shock over downed plane
    Jul18

    Global leaders express shock over downed plane

    International leaders and officials expressed grief and shock at the crash Thursday in eastern Ukraine of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 298 people. The plane en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was carrying 154 Dutch citizens, 43 Malaysians, 27 Australians and passengers of several other nationalities. Ukraine President Petro...

    Angeline Premila Rajandaran, Shazana Salleh Among Crew Members on Malaysia Flight MH17
    Jul18

    Angeline Premila Rajandaran, Shazana Salleh Among Crew Members on Malaysia Flight MH17

    Angeline Premila Rajandaran and Shazana Salleh are believed to be among the crew members of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. MH17 took off from Amsterdam on Thursday, July 17, and was bound for Kuala Lumpur. The plane was shot down by a Buk missile in Ukraine along the Russian border. It is uncertain at this point who is really...

    Anger, Agony and Disbelief as Malaysians Awake to News of MH17
    Jul18

    Anger, Agony and Disbelief as Malaysians Awake to News of MH17

    MoreAnguish in Amsterdam as Families of Flight MH17 Passengers Arrive at AirportMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Protecting Airliners from Missile AttacksMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Disaster Strikes TwiceMalaysians are reacting with shock and anguish to the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine. The Boeing 777 was traveling from...

    AIDS researchers among dead in Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash
    Jul18

    AIDS researchers among dead in Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash

    Several prominent AIDS researchers en route to an international conference in Australia were among the 298 people killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine Thursday. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Malaysia Airlines Confirms The Nationalities Of 298 Passengers Aboard MH17
    Jul18

    Malaysia Airlines Confirms The Nationalities Of 298 Passengers Aboard MH17

    Malaysia Airlines has confirmed the nationalities and number of passengers onboard flight MH17, which was shot down over the Ukraine on Thursday. The majority of the 298 passengers were from the Netherlands with passengers from nine different countries. 41 passengers have yet to be identified. There is still no word if there were any Americans on...

    Raw: Firefighters locate Malaysian jet wreckage
    Jul18

    Raw: Firefighters locate Malaysian jet wreckage

    Firefighters work to douse debris on fire after a Malaysian jet was shot down in Ukraine. Officials say the plane was carrying 295 people. (July 17) …read more Source: USA...

    UN Security Council sets urgent meeting on Ukraine
    Jul18

    UN Security Council sets urgent meeting on Ukraine

    Britain proposed a Security Council press statement calling for “a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the incident.” Earlier, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said “there is clearly a need for a full and transparent international investigation” into the plane crash in Ukraine. …read...

    Shot out of the sky: Malaysian airliner downing stokes tensions between Ukraine, Russia
    Jul18

    Shot out of the sky: Malaysian airliner downing stokes tensions between Ukraine, Russia

    A surface-to-air missile blew a Malaysian jetliner out of the sky over war-torn southeastern Ukraine on Thursday, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said. Kiev and Moscow blamed each other for the deaths of the 298 passengers and crew. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed in a region engulfed in civil war where … …read more Source: The...

    White House Calls For ‘Credible’ Investigation Of Malaysian Plane Crash
    Jul18

    White House Calls For ‘Credible’ Investigation Of Malaysian Plane Crash

    The White House said late Thursday it is “shocked” that a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300 people had been shot down near the Ukrainian border, urging a full and transparent investigation to determine who was responsible. “It is critical that there be a full, credible, and unimpeded international...

    Elaine Teoh, Albert Rizk, and Marie Rizk Among Australian Passengers on Malaysia Flight MH17
    Jul18

    Elaine Teoh, Albert Rizk, and Marie Rizk Among Australian Passengers on Malaysia Flight MH17

    Elaine Teoh and Albert and Marie Rizk have been named as three victims feared dead after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down while flying over eastern Ukraine. MH17 took off from Amsterdam and was en route to Kuala Lumpur. Channel Nine reported that Teoh, 27, has been confirmed as being on the plane. She’s a student at Melbourne...