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    For Malaysia Airlines, disaster strikes twice
    Jul17

    For Malaysia Airlines, disaster strikes twice

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:14 (EEST) 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...

    For Malaysia Airlines, Disaster Strikes Twice
    Jul17

    For Malaysia Airlines, Disaster Strikes Twice

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:14 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (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...

    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 (EEST) 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...

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

    Violence on the edge of Europe forces soccer officials to act

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:14 (EEST) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    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...

    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

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:03 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    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

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:03 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    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

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:03 (EEST) Section: CNN (USA)

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

    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

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:03 (EEST) Section: CBS (USA)

    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)

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:03 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    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”‘

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:03 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    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...