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    Putin Denies Cuba Spy Base Reopening
    Jul17

    Putin Denies Cuba Spy Base Reopening

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying media reports that he will reopen a Soviet-era base in Cuba used to spy on the United States. Putin said Thursday there are no plans to resume operations at the Lourdes signals intelligence facility near Havana, after Russian media first reported a day earlier that the two countries provisionally agreed...

    Shot down: Malaysian Airlines jet crashes in Ukraine
    Jul17

    Shot down: Malaysian Airlines jet crashes in Ukraine

    Complete coverage of the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine …read more Source:...

    Here’s The Rocket That Shot Down A Malaysian Airlines Flight
    Jul17

    Here’s The Rocket That Shot Down A Malaysian Airlines Flight

    Deatils are far from complete, but early reports of a Malaysian Airliners crash in eastern Ukraine, apparently killing all 295 on board, claim that the plane was shot down by Russian forces with a Buk Missile. Interfax Ukraine reports plane was shot down using ‘Buk’ missile system. Medium range surface-to-air missile system...

    Both sides in Ukraine deny shooting down plane
    Jul17

    Both sides in Ukraine deny shooting down plane

    KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace.As huge plumes of black smoke rose up near a village in eastern Ukraine, the fate of the passengers aboard the...

    Ukraine rebels: We did not shoot down plane
    Jul17

    Ukraine rebels: We did not shoot down plane

    KIEV, Ukraine — Separatist rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have denied that they are responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane.Andrei Purgin, deputy prime minister for the rebels, told The Associated Press the plane must have been shot down by Ukrainian government troops. He gave no proof for his...

    Malaysia Airlines Flight Crashes in Ukraine
    Jul17

    Malaysia Airlines Flight Crashes in Ukraine

    A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashed in Ukraine Thursday, according to Russian news agencies. “We have this information. A Boeing 777 traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala-Lampur crashed north of Torez [in eastern Ukraine],” Vladislav Seleznev, a spokesman for the Ukrainian armed forces, told RIA Novosti news agency. Anton...

    Ukraine rebels: We did not shoot down plane
    Jul17

    Ukraine rebels: We did not shoot down plane

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Separatist rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have denied that they are responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane. Andrei Purgin, deputy prime minister for the rebels, told The Associated Press the plane must have been shot down by Ukrainian government troops. He gave no proof for...

    Malaysian Plane MH17 Carrying 295 Shot Down Over Ukraine, Says Official (+Videos)
    Jul17

    Malaysian Plane MH17 Carrying 295 Shot Down Over Ukraine, Says Official (+Videos)

    KIEV, Ukraine—A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace. Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said on his Facebook page the...

    Ukraine Separatist Leader Boasts Of Downing Plane
    Jul17

    Ukraine Separatist Leader Boasts Of Downing Plane

    Shortly before reports surfaced that a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 had crashed in eastern Ukraine, a separatist leader boasted on social media that his men had shot down an aircraft. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Official: Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine
    Jul17

    Official: Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine

    A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace. …read more Source: Miami...