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    Rebels Control the Crash Site Of Downed Malaysia Plane
    Jul17

    Rebels Control the Crash Site Of Downed Malaysia Plane

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:44 (EET) Section: Time (USA)

    The Malaysian Airlines flight apparently shot down on Thursday over eastern Ukraine crashed in a kind of no man’s land. The central government withdrew from that patch of territory months ago, leaving it to the bands of separatist fighters who now represent the only figures of authority around the crash site. One of their first orders of...

    US INTELLIGENCE: Surface-To-Air Missile Was Fired At Malaysian Plane In Ukraine
    Jul17

    US INTELLIGENCE: Surface-To-Air Missile Was Fired At Malaysian Plane In Ukraine

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:44 (EET) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    U.S. intelligence believes a surface-to-air missile was fired at a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300 people when it was shot down near the Ukrainian border, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. But the intelligence has not confirmed the origin of the missile, according to the report, and it is...

    Malaysian airliner with 295 aboard crashes in Ukraine
    Jul17

    Malaysian airliner with 295 aboard crashes in Ukraine

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:22 (EET) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    A Ukrainian official claims the plane was hit by a missile …read more Source: USA...

    Ukraine: Recordings show rebels shot down plane
    Jul17

    Ukraine: Recordings show rebels shot down plane

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:22 (EET) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    HRABOVE, Ukraine — Ukraine’s security services produced what they said were two intercepted telephone conversations that they said showed rebels were responsible for downing a Malaysian airliner.In the first call, the security services said, rebel commander Igor Bezler tells a Russian military intelligence officer that rebel forces...

    Britain asks for emergency UN meeting on Ukraine
    Jul17

    Britain asks for emergency UN meeting on Ukraine

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:22 (EET) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    Britain has asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...

    Airlines avoiding Ukrainian airspace after Malaysia Airlines plane crash
    Jul17

    Airlines avoiding Ukrainian airspace after Malaysia Airlines plane crash

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:14 (EET) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Several international airlines said Thursday that they were rerouting flights around eastern Ukrainian airspace after a Malaysian Airlines jet carrying 295 people crashed near the city of Donetsk. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Ukraine: 295 on Malaysia plane shot down over east
    Jul17

    Ukraine: 295 on Malaysia plane shot down over east

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:14 (EET) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    Passengers wait in line at the departure hall at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Malaysia Airlines said it lost contact with Flight MH17 over Uk… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    For Malaysia Airlines, disaster strikes twice
    Jul17

    For Malaysia Airlines, disaster strikes twice

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:14 (EET) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Two Boeing 777s. Two incredibly rare aviation disasters. And one airline. In what appears to be a mind-boggling coincidence, Malaysia is reeling from the second tragedy to hit its national airline in less than five months. On March 8, a Malaysia Airlines jetliner vanished about an hour after taking off from Kuala...

    Missiles from Lebanon are Landing in Israel—But Hizballah Isn’t the Suspect
    Jul17

    Missiles from Lebanon are Landing in Israel—But Hizballah Isn’t the Suspect

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:14 (EET) Section: Time (USA)

    Israel has a lot of enemies in the region, so it’s not surprising that it is taking fire from multiple sides—including from southern Lebanon, the source of at least four missile launches into northern Israel in recent days. What is surprising is that none of those attacks originated from Israel’s archenemy Hizballah, the...

    LEAK: SEPARATISTS DISCUSS SHOOTING DOWN CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT IN EAST UKRAINE
    Jul17

    LEAK: SEPARATISTS DISCUSS SHOOTING DOWN CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT IN EAST UKRAINE

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:14 (EET) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Ukraine’s security services (SBU) have released an intercepted audio recording of pro-Russia separatists discussing how they shot down a civilian aircraft in eastern Ukraine, the Kyiv Post reports. This morning, 295 people died when a Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in the town of Torez in the...