Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Slim Chance for Justice in Malaysia Air MH17 Downing
GENEVA—Anyone hoping to bring to justice whoever downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 must face sobering facts. The wreckage scene is compromised, key evidence may have disappeared altogether and political complexities could block an international court from hearing the case. If Russian nationals were involved in the disaster that claimed 298...
What This Photograph Might Tell Investigators About What Really Happened to MH17
Much has been made of the possibility that the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was the work of an anti-aircraft missile. Even without confirmation or corroboration, investigators will have a wealth of evidence from the crash site and images from the scene to piece together the aeroplane’s last moments. For the moment, there must remain...
US: Downed Fighter Jets Part of Pattern in Ukraine
WASHINGTON— The White House cast the downing of two fighter jets in Ukraine on Wednesday as part of a pattern of Russian-backed separatists using Russian weapons to pose risks to aircrafts and further destabilize the conflict in the former Soviet republic. The Ukrainian jets were downed just 20 miles south of the wreckage from the Malaysia...
Malaysia Jet Victims’ Bodies Arrive in Netherlands
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands—Two planes carrying 40 coffins bearing victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 landed Wednesday in the southern city of Eindhoven, and pro-Russian rebels shot down two fighter jets in Ukraine’s restive east as fighting flared in the region. Six days after the Boeing 777 was shot down over the...
Dutch Investigators: MH17 Black Box Damaged but Voice Recorder Still Works
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands—Dutch investigators say that the voice recorder from the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine was damaged but not manipulated, and its data is still intact. Dutch investigators handed two so-called black box flight recorders to a lab in southern England on Wednesday. The Dutch Safety Board says in a...
Lithuania to Adopt Euro Currency in January
BRUSSELS— The European Union is giving Lithuania the green light to adopt the euro currency starting next year. Ministers from the 28-nation bloc on Wednesday cleared the final legal hurdle for Lithuania to become the 19th member of the currency zone encompassing some 330 million people. The country had been given preliminary approval in...
UK Selling Arms to Russia While Condemning Arming of Ukraine Rebels
LONDON—Britain is still authorizing the export of arms and military equipment to Russia despite the government’s call for tough sanctions over Moscow’s arming of separatist rebels in Ukraine, a group of lawmakers said Wednesday. A group of legislative committees that oversee arms export controls said there are 251 export...
Russia Responsible for ‘Creating the Conditions’ that Downed Malaysian Plane, Says US Official
WASHINGTON—Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for “creating the conditions” that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement. The intelligence officials were cautious in their assessment, noting that while...
Igor Girkin (Strelkov) Gives Odd Account of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash
MOSCOW (AP) — A top pro-Russia rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has given a bizarre version of events surrounding the Malaysian jetliner crash — suggesting many of the victims may have died days before the plane took off. The pro-rebel website Russkaya Vesna on Friday quoted Igor Girkin as saying he was told by people at the crash...
Malaysia Flight MH 17 Crash Site Photos: See Pictures of the Wreckage, Rescue, Bodies (Warning)
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — When international monitors and Malaysian aviation experts arrived Tuesday at the two main sites where the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 smashed into the undulating countryside of eastern Ukraine, there was almost no perimeter tape. The only security consisted of two armed men who did not stop reporters...
