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US outlines case against Russia on downed plane 07/21/2014 09:19am • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Video of a rocket launcher, one surface-to-air missile missing, leaving the likely launch site. Imagery showing the firing. Calls claiming credit for the strike. Recordings said to reveal a cover-up at the crash site."A buildup of extraordinary Ukraine crisis shows divisions in old Soviet bloc 07/21/2014 02:06am • VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland's foreign minister had sharp words on the downing of the Malaysia Airlines jumbo jet in Ukraine -- blaming the crash on Russia-backed "bandits." But throughout most of central and eastern Europe, leaders withheld judgment, expressing shock Without radar, missile may not have identified jet 07/21/2014 01:07am • DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn't have the right systems in place to distinguish between military and civilian aircraft, experts said Saturday.American officials said Friday that New Peru law weakens environmental safeguards 07/20/2014 09:50am • FRANK BAJAK Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Dozens of international groups, the United Nations, and even Peru's own citizen ombudsman are objecting to a new law that weakens environmental protections in the Andean nation even as it prepares to host international climate talks this year.The law, US building case tying separatists to plane crash 07/20/2014 08:54am • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States began building a case Friday linking pro-Russian separatists to the shocking downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine. A somber President Barack Obama declared the deaths of those on board, including at least one American, an US views on child immigrant crisis, at a glance 07/19/2014 01:10pm • The Associated Press U.S. communities have diverged greatly on their attitude toward sheltering throngs of unaccompanied Central American children who have crossed the border from Mexico since October. Here's a look at how things are playing out across the country:6/20: Federal officials canceled a US: Can't rule out Russian role in plane downing 07/19/2014 07:50am • Editor's Note: Read the latest on the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in WTOP's Live Blog EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday that the United States cannot rule out that Russia he Credible probe sought in downing of Malaysian jet 07/19/2014 05:28am • Editor's Note: Read the latest on the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in WTOP's Live Blog DMITRY LOVETSKY Associated Press ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) -- World leaders demanded Friday that pro-Russia rebels who control the eastern Ukraine crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 give immediate, unfe US begins building case aimed at tying pro-Russian forces to plane shot down over Ukraine 07/18/2014 08:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States has begun building a case linking pro-Russian separatists to the downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine.President Barack Obama says the U.S. believes the Malaysia Airlines plane was felled by a surface-to-air missile launched from an area near the Ukraine-Russia b Ukraine: Airliner downing made possible by Russia 07/18/2014 01:30pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Ukraine's ambassador to the U.N. says the downing of the Malaysian airliner would not have happened if Russia did not provide sophisticated anti-aircraft systems to separatist rebels.Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday tha US-EU trade talks sour amid chlorine chicken fears 07/18/2014 11:57am • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Visions of chlorine-drenched chickens and the prospect of genetically modified "Frankenfood" invading dinner tables across the European Union are proving serious impediments to the signing of a sweeping free trade agreement between the United States an Ruling sparks debate on retroactive gay rights 07/18/2014 06:14am • DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A new Connecticut Supreme Court ruling is adding to the debate on whether gay marriage rights should be applied retroactively and qualify same-sex couples for rights and benefits for which they weren't entitled before state laws allowed them to m Bolivia legalizes work by children as young as 10 07/18/2014 12:50am • PAOLA FLORES Associated Press EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) -- Alicia weaves through El Alto's stalled traffic under a blazing sun, hawking colorful woven flowers to grumpy drivers and lovers.With luck, the 12-year-old and her mother will together muster $18 by day's end, all the while keeping watch over he Social Security: Field offices to verify benefits 07/17/2014 07:21pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bowing to pressure from Congress, the Social Security Administration said Thursday its field offices will continue issuing statements that recipients can use to verify their benefits.People sometimes need the information quickly to verify their Kingston, Perdue offer few details on budget fixes 07/17/2014 06:40pm • BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- Neither Rep. Jack Kingston nor businessman David Perdue has detailed a clear course for changing the nation's fiscal situation, instead broadly railing against government spending and debt in their campaign for Georgia's open U.S. Senate seat.That makes i