Algerian Crash, Kerry's Truce Proposal, Space Geckos

Worldcrunch.com / WHILE YOU SLEPT

Friday, July 25, 2014

*NO ALGERIAN FLIGHT SURVIVORS*
French President François Hollande confirmed in televised comments today that French soldiers reached the wreckage of Algerian Airlines flight AH5017 in Mali, and retrieved one of the plane's two black boxes. None of the 110 passengers and six crew members survived.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told RTL Radio that the government was considering the possibility the plane had been shot down by Islamists who have been fighting French troops in Mali. “We think the plane went down due to weather conditions, but no hypothesis can be excluded as long as we don't have the results of an investigation.” Cazeneuve said. “Terrorist groups are in the zone. [...] We know these groups are hostile to Western interests.”

The Telegraph has pieced together heart-breaking details about many of the victims on the flight.

*KERRY PROPOSES WEEKLONG GAZA TRUCE, MORE CIVILIAN DEATHS*
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