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    Violence on the edge of Europe forces soccer officials to act
    Jul17

    Violence on the edge of Europe forces soccer officials to act

    With tensions mounting on the fringes of Europe, officials decided this week to ban competitive soccer matches in Israel and to make sure teams from the Ukraine and Russia are not drawn to play each other in the continent’s top club competitions. The governing body for European soccer, UEFA, said … …read more Source: The...

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

    LEAK: SEPARATISTS DISCUSS SHOOTING DOWN CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT IN EAST UKRAINE

    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...

    Airlines avoiding Ukrainian airspace after Malaysia Airlines plane crash
    Jul17

    Airlines avoiding Ukrainian airspace after Malaysia Airlines plane crash

    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...

    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

    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...

    Pro-Russian Ukrainian rebel leader claims shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines jet
    Jul17

    Pro-Russian Ukrainian rebel leader claims shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines jet

    In web site page, subsequently taken down, rebel leader says “we warned you not to fly in our skies” …read more Source:...

    S&P 500 FALLS 1.1%, GOLD RALLIES: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPX, SPY, QQQ, GLD, VIX, RSX, MSFT, AVP, MS, PEP)
    Jul17

    S&P 500 FALLS 1.1%, GOLD RALLIES: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPX, SPY, QQQ, GLD, VIX, RSX, MSFT, AVP, MS, PEP)

    Stocks were lower as headlines were dominated by the crash of a Malaysia Airlines flight in Ukraine near the Russian border. All major stock indices closed lower, with the S&P 500 ending its streak of sessions without a 1% move at 62, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq suffered the deepest losses, falling 1.4%. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 16,986.70,...

    Pro-Russian Rebel Leader: ‘We Have Warned Them — Not To Fly In “Our Sky”‘
    Jul17

    Pro-Russian Rebel Leader: ‘We Have Warned Them — Not To Fly In “Our Sky”‘

    Russian leader of separatist “Lugansk People Republic” Igor Strelkov posted a statement on Russia’s largest social network that may help explain what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 17 on Thursday morning. The Ukrainian Crisis Media Center shared and translated a screenshot of Strelkov’s comment, shown below, on...

    White House Won’t Clarify How Obama Heard About The Malaysian Plane Crash In Ukraine
    Jul17

    White House Won’t Clarify How Obama Heard About The Malaysian Plane Crash In Ukraine

    President Barack Obama was on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin when news of the Malaysian Airlines plane crash broke Thursday, but the White House won’t say whether the president learned of the incident from his counterpart in Moscow or by other means. According to a press pool report by Washington Post reporter Juliet...

    A Howard Stern Fan Pranked MSNBC During Malaysian Plane Crash Coverage
    Jul17

    A Howard Stern Fan Pranked MSNBC During Malaysian Plane Crash Coverage

    MSNBC host Krystal Ball was pranked live on-air Thursday during her coverage of the Malaysian flight crash in Ukraine— with an apparent fan of shock-jock Howard Stern posing as a military expert only to make a crude joke and call Ball a “dumbass. “I was looking out the window and I saw a projectile flying through the sky and it...

    Ukraine blames separatists
    Jul17

    Ukraine blames separatists

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks about the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Ukraine on Thursday. …read more Source:...