'What exactly are they trying to hide?' Obama says of Russiaand Ukrainian rebels

Hrabove, Ukraine (CNN) -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Barack Obama lashed out Monday at Russia over conditions at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, saying Russian-backed rebels still are impeding efforts to find out exactly what happened.

Poroshenko, speaking to CNN's Christiane Amanpour, pleaded for international solidarity against the pro-Russian rebels believed by many international officials to be responsible for firing the missile that downed the plane Thursday, killing all 298 aboard.

"I don't see any differences" between 9/11, the Lockerbie bombing and the attack on Flight 17, Poroshenko said, referring to the 2001 terror attacks on the United States and the bombing of a Pan Am flight over Scotland in 1988.

Gaza's Shejaiya: a moonscape strewn with bodies

GAZA CITY: The ambulances and firetrucks of Gaza's emergency services gathered on the edge of the Shejaiya district to await news of a humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group.

The word arrived at 1030GMT -- a two-hour truce to allow the retrieval of the dead and wounded, as well as evacuate the terrified people who remained inside the district after a night of non-stop Israeli tank fire.

A convoy of vehicles formed, advancing slowly into the district, with the sound of shelling still thudding through the air.

Egypt vows to punish attackers in checkpoint assault

Egypt vows to punish attackers in checkpoint assault

Cairo

CAIRO: Egypt vowed Sunday to punish the attackers who killed 22 border guards in its western desert near the frontier with restive Libya.Militants firing rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns attacked a checkpoint, 630 kilometers west of Cairo, Saturday, killing 22 soldiers and wounding another four.

Will economy's fate be set by next two weeks' earnings?

NewYork

A long hoped for improvement in the economy appears to be manifesting itself in second-quarter U.S. earnings, but the next two weeks could be the real test.---------------

Council is considering about Malaysian passenger plane crash in Ukraine

Council is considering about Malaysian passenger plane crash in Ukraine

The U.N. Security Council is considering a draft resolution to condemn the "shooting down" of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, demand armed groups allow access to the crash site, and call on states in the region to cooperate with an international investigation.---------------------