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    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...

    Britain asks for emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine
    Jul17

    Britain asks for emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

    Britain has asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. …read more Source: FOX...

    Flight Radar Shows Planes Avoiding Ukraine In Aftermath Of Malaysia Airlines Crash
    Jul17

    Flight Radar Shows Planes Avoiding Ukraine In Aftermath Of Malaysia Airlines Crash

    In the aftermath of an apparent attack on a Malaysia Airlines commercial jet flying over Ukraine, international flights are taking detours from their usual routes to avoid the war-torn country. The Twitter account PlaneTalking shared the image below, which shows the dramatic re-routing in effect. A quick look on @flightradar24 and you can see 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:...