Section: The Jakarta Globe (Indonesia)
Bodies, Black Boxes Handed Over From Ukraine Crash Site
Senior Ukrainian separatist leader Aleksander Borodai, center, speaks during a handover of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17’s black boxes to Col. Mohamed Sakri, right, of the Malaysian National Security Council, in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 22, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Maxim Zmeyev) Donetsk, Ukraine. The remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of...
Cover-Up Underway at MH17 Crash Site: Australian PM Abbott
Sydney. Evidence at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17 has been tampered with on an industrial scale as part of an apparent cover-up attempt, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday. “After the crime, comes the cover-up. What we have seen is evidence tampering on an industrial scale and obviously that has to stop,”...
Fighting Erupts in Ukraine as Crash Investigators Arrive
Donetsk, Ukraine. Ukrainian army tanks were reported to be launching an assault to break pro-Russian rebels’ hold on the eastern city of Donetsk on Monday in the first major outbreak of hostilities in the area since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last week. A separatist leader said Ukrainian government forces were trying to...
Angry Australia PM Says Ukraine Crash Probe Resembles ‘Garden Clean-Up’
Members of the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry, medical personnel and a crane operator work at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region in Ukraine on July 20, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Maxim Zmeyev) Sydney. Australia’s prime minister voiced deep concern on Monday that Russian-backed rebels...
Australian AIDS Conference Remembers Crash Victims With Silence
Delegates observe a minute’s silence during the opening session, as a tribute to colleagues killed in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne on July 20, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Mark Dadswell) Delegates heading to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, were among the...
Malaysia Airlines Retires MH17 Flight Code
Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Airlines said on Sunday that it would retire flight code MH17 as a “mark of respect” for the 298 people killed in a jet crash in violence-wracked eastern Ukraine. The daily Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur service will instead take on the code MH19 from July 25. “In light of the recent incident, Malaysia...
Rebels to ‘Guarantee Safety’ of Crash Monitors if Kiev Agrees Truce
Donetsk. A top Ukrainian rebel leader said on Sunday that the pro-Russian fighters will guarantee the safety of international monitors at the Malaysian jet’s crash site if Kiev agrees to a truce. “We declare that we will guarantee the safety of international experts on the scene as soon as Kiev concludes a ceasefire agreement,”...
Ukraine Says Rebels Destroy MH17 Evidence as Battles Flare
Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying evidence of “international crimes” from the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner that Kiev says militants shot down with a missile, killing nearly 300 people. Fighting and artillery barrages flared near the Russian border in the hours after President Barack Obama...
Australia to Summon Russian Ambassador Over Crash: PM
An armed pro-Russian separatist stands on part of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on July 17, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Maxim Zmeyev) [Updated at 9:10 a.m. on Friday, July 18, 2014 in Jakarta] Sydney. Australia will on Friday summon the Russian...
Malaysian Jet Shot Down by Surface-to-Air Missile: US
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH17 with the registration number 9M-MRD flies over Poland from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in this April 12, 2012 photo. (Reuters Photo/Tomasz Bartkowiak) Washington. A Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile Thursday but it was unclear who fired the...
