UNITED NATIONS - Infuriating nations that lost citizens in the destruction of a Malaysian jetliner last year over eastern Ukraine, Russia blocked a Security Council resolution on July 29 that would have created a tribunal to prosecute and punish those found responsible.
Murder In The Sky: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
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Samantha Powers, United States Ambassador to the United Nations (R) votes next to Matthew Rycroft, British Ambassador to the United Nations (C) during the vote on a draft resolution for establishing a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the MH17 flight during a Security council meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on July 29.
