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    Flight MH17 Route Map, Flight Path: Plane Took Off From Amsterdam, Shot Down Over Ukraine
    Jul17

    Flight MH17 Route Map, Flight Path: Plane Took Off From Amsterdam, Shot Down Over Ukraine

    Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur before it was shot down over Ukraine. The 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board are all believed to be dead. Boeing, Malaysia Airlines, the Ukraine government, and the Malaysia government have pledged to investigate what happened. Russian-backed separatist leader Igor...

    Malaysia Airlines MH17 Photos: Pictures Purportedly of Plane That Was Shot Down Over Ukraine
    Jul17

    Malaysia Airlines MH17 Photos: Pictures Purportedly of Plane That Was Shot Down Over Ukraine

    The Ukraine government and Malaysia Airlines have confirmed that a flight crashed on Thursday. Flight MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over the country when it was shot down in the east of the country near Ukraine. Reuters reports that the debris has been scattered over a seven mile area. Ukrainian Interior Ministry spokesman Anton...

    Buk missile launcher reportedly used on Malaysian plane made by Soviets
    Jul17

    Buk missile launcher reportedly used on Malaysian plane made by Soviets

    The surface-to-air missile launcher that a Ukrainian official says brought down a Malaysia Airlines plane near the Russian border Thursday was developed by the Soviet Union to intercept targets up to 72,000 feet in the air. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    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...

    RUSSIA ETF PLUNGES (RSX, SPX, SPY, QQQ)
    Jul17

    RUSSIA ETF PLUNGES (RSX, SPX, SPY, QQQ)

    The Market Vector Russia ETF, an exchanged-traded fund that is designed to track the performance of public companies from Russia, is tumbling. The RSX was down nearly 6% in afternoon trade following reports that Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashed in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border. In addition to the RSX falling, U.S. markets are...

    Passenger plane shot down over Ukraine
    Jul17

    Passenger plane shot down over Ukraine

    Malaysia Airlines confirmed that it has lost contact of flight MH17 from Amsterdam about 30 miles from the Russia-Ukraine border on Thursday. …read more Source:...

    Malaysia Airlines plane feared shot down in Ukraine near Russian border
    Jul17

    Malaysia Airlines plane feared shot down in Ukraine near Russian border

    A Malaysian Airlines passenger plane reportedly crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border. The Boeing 777 had 280 passengers and 15 crew members. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister Says Passenger Plane Carrying 295 Shot Down
    Jul17

    Adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister Says Passenger Plane Carrying 295 Shot Down

    (KIEV, Ukraine) — Adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister says passenger plane carrying 295 shot down. …read more Source:...

    Malaysia Airlines Plane Shot Down Over Ukraine
    Jul17

    Malaysia Airlines Plane Shot Down Over Ukraine

    Ukraine’s Prime Minister ordered an investigation into the crash of a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane over the east of the country on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Malaysia Airlines lost contact with flight MH17 while it was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. An adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister wrote on Facebook that...

    Malaysian Airliner Crashes in Eastern Ukraine
    Jul17

    Malaysian Airliner Crashes in Eastern Ukraine

    Russian media reports say a Malaysian airliner flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines reported on Twitter that it lost contact of a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Ukrainian airspace Thursday. The plane was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members. A Ukrainian interior ministry...