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    Official: Malaysian Airliner Crashes in Ukraine, 295 Killed
    Jul17

    Official: Malaysian Airliner Crashes in Ukraine, 295 Killed

    Ukraine’s president says his country’s armed forces did not shoot at any airborne targets, after reports that a Malaysian Airlines plane went down over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Boston...

    Cancer Wages Its Own War Against Syrian Refugees
    Jul17

    Cancer Wages Its Own War Against Syrian Refugees

    MoreSyrian President Assad Sworn in for 3rd TermThe Vast Majority of Syrians Are Opposed to an Islamic CaliphateReport Details Hardships Facing Syria’s Refugee MothersIt was just before Syrian civilians started rising up against their government in 2011 that Fayhaa al-Dahr, 22, from the northern city of Raqqa, noticed a strange swelling in...

    Malaysia Airlines jet crashes in Ukraine, may have been shot down
    Jul17

    Malaysia Airlines jet crashes in Ukraine, may have been shot down

    A Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 295 people crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday and may have been shot down, Russian and Ukrainian media reported. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Malaysia Airlines says it lost contact with plane in Ukrainian airspace
    Jul17

    Malaysia Airlines says it lost contact with plane in Ukrainian airspace

    Malaysia Airlines says it lost contact with a plane over Ukrainian airspace. …read more Source: FOX...

    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...