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    Ukraine Rebels Haul Away Victims of Malaysia Airlines Crash
    Jul20

    Ukraine Rebels Haul Away Victims of Malaysia Airlines Crash

    MoreMalaysian Authorities Sharpen Tone on MH17 Attack, Call for JusticePutin’s Defiance After Malaysia Airlines Crash Points to Further IsolationismLives Lost: Remembering Karlijn Keijzer, Indiana University Rower and ChemistThe engine of the old Zil military truck sputtered as the rebel fighter put the gearbox in reverse, mixing the smell...

    Malaysian Authorities Sharpen Tone on MH17 Attack, Call for Justice
    Jul19

    Malaysian Authorities Sharpen Tone on MH17 Attack, Call for Justice

    Malaysia has stopped mincing their words. Ismail Nasaruddin, president at Malaysia Airlines staff union NUFAM, said the MH17 attack amounts to “murder,” and transport minister Liow Tiong Lai said the world has a “moral obligation” to ensure the safe recovery of remains as well as punishing those culpable. This was the...

    Putin’s Defiance After Malaysian Airlines Crash Points to Further Isolationsim
    Jul19

    Putin’s Defiance After Malaysian Airlines Crash Points to Further Isolationsim

    At some point on Thursday evening, just after Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 blew apart over some wheat field in eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin had a chance to take stock of his options. There were essentially two. The Russian President could stand behind the rebel fighters in eastern Ukraine, even as suspicion grew that they were responsible for...

    10 Art Exhibits to Discover This Summer
    Jul19

    10 Art Exhibits to Discover This Summer

    The summer season is the perfect time to catch up on art: gallery and museum openings are slow, which gives art aficionados a chance to visit all the shows they might have missed. MoreAn Artist Turned His Childhood Drawings Into This Beautiful, Surrealist SeriesNew Museum Puts Spotlight on Art From the Arab WorldSecond Life: Could Brazil’s...

    Garry Kasparov: The Price of Inaction in Ukraine
    Jul19

    Garry Kasparov: The Price of Inaction in Ukraine

    There are many questions still to be answered about what happened to Malaysian Air flight MH17 over Eastern Ukraine. I will limit myself to what is known to a reasonable doubt based on the evidence and statements that have been provided by numerous officials in the 36 hours since the tragedy. Nearly 300 innocent lives were lost when flight MH17...

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: The Accident Theory
    Jul19

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: The Accident Theory

    While it appears likely that the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine using sophisticated missile systems, much of the crucial information is yet to be determined. “It is entirely plausible, given the circumstances, that this was an accident,” says Austin Long, assistant professor of...

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: A Working Theory of the Shootdown
    Jul19

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: A Working Theory of the Shootdown

    The U.S. military’s top commander in Europe spoke of Russians training pro-Russian separatists from Ukraine at the Pentagon last month. “What we see in training on the east side of the border is big equipment, tanks, APCs [armored personnel carriers], anti-aircraft capability,” Air Force General Philip Breedlove said, referring...

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: 2 Dogs Aboard Airplane
    Jul18

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: 2 Dogs Aboard Airplane

    In addition to the 298 people aboard the Malaysian Airlines jet that crashed Thursday in eastern Ukraine, two dogs were also aboard the flight, according to the cargo manifest for the flight made public Friday. MH017 – Cargo Manifest 1 The Kuala Lumpur-bound Flight MH17 crashed Thursday evening in a part of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian...

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Family Bumped From Flight
    Jul18

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Family Bumped From Flight

    While the family and friends of passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 are searching for answers, another family is counting their blessings. Barry and Izzy Sim, along with their baby son, had planned on boarding the very flight that later crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday. But when they arrived at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the...

    Woman Loses Relatives in 2 Malaysia Air Disasters
    Jul18

    Woman Loses Relatives in 2 Malaysia Air Disasters

    SYDNEY (AP) — In an almost incomprehensible twist of fate, an Australian woman who lost her brother in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 learned on Friday that her stepdaughter was on the plane shot down over Ukraine. Kaylene Mann’s brother Rod Burrows and sister-in-law Mary Burrows were on board Flight 370 when it...