Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
MH17 Crash Victims’ Remains Reach Ukrainian Govt-Held Kharkiv
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in territory held by the Ukrainian government on Tuesday on their way to the Netherlands, after delays and haphazard treatment of the bodies that put pressure on European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels to impose tougher economic sanctions on...
Reporter Who Went Through MH17 Passenger’s Luggage Makes A Deeply Emotional Apology
Sky News’ Colin Brazier recently sparked outrage when he went through luggage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and now he is speaking out about why he did it. In a piece for the Guardian on Tuesday, Brazier admitted that he made a “serious error in judgement” when he picked up and showed viewers items that...
The Somalization of the skies
The appalling tragedy that just occurred in Ukraine’s airspace leads us to reflect on the multiple dimensions of the future of the world. It confirms first of all the likelihood of the worst-case scenario, in other words, a world without rules or policemen, dominated by gangs, political or criminal. A world with no State, as I have already...
Jon Stewart Learns What Happens When You Criticize Israel
Many have accused Jon Stewart of being pro-Hamas for expressing sympathy for the residents of Gaza, where more than 500 people have been killed — including at least 100 children — in recent fighting with Israel. So on Monday night’s “Daily Show,” just about the entire roster of correspondents popped up to scream at...
EU Weighs Deeper Sanctions If Russia Fails To Resolve Crisis In Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sternly called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to compel Kremlin-backed separatists to stop hampering the probe at the Ukraine site of a downed passenger jet and allow international investigators unfettered access. “What exactly are they trying to hide?” Obama said Monday from the...
Grieving Father Writes Open Letter To Putin: ‘Thank You For Murdering My Child’
The father of a 17-year-old passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 wrote a heartbreaking public letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Thank you very much, Mr. Putin, separatist leaders and Ukrainian government! For murdering my sweet and only child,” Hans de Borst starts his letter, published on his Facebook page and in...
CNN Shows Us How NOT To Cover MH17 Crash
There are right times to use a pun on the news and well, there are wrong times. Monday morning was the latter for CNN’s Chris Cuomo, who was reporting live from the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed last week. Cuomo asked Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) to “shoot down” the possibility that missiles launched by...
Obama To Speak On Ukraine Plane Crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will speak about the downed plane in Ukraine from the White House Monday morning. U.S. officials have been seeking to build a case that the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Officials also say it is unlikely the separatists could have fired a missile without...
Reporters Detained At Gunpoint While Investigating Malaysian Plane Crash
Several reporters were recently detained by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine while investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The Guardian reported Monday that Paul Hansen and Jan Lewenhagen — Swedish journalists working for Dagens Nyheter — were at the morgue in Donetsk when they were detained and held in another...
The West and Russia: Naiveté Without Borders?
The tragedy of Malaysia Airlines MH17 is the price we pay for the naiveté of the West concerning Russia’s Vladimir Putin, the soft response to his aggression against Ukraine and for the division, mostly of our own making, among allies. When we loose sight of our basic interests, our fundamental values in the urge to satisfy short-term...
