Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
France and Ukraine warn over plane crash site
PARIS: The French and Ukrainian presidents said Saturday that any obstruction preventing international investigators reaching the crash site of flight MH17 will “not be tolerated”. Following a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko, President Francois Hollande said the two had agreed “on the importance of...
MH17: Mother repeatedly asked Nur Shazana to resign as stewardess
PUTRAJAYA: The mother of Nur Shazana Mohamad Salleh, one of the victims of the MH17 crash in Ukraine yesterday night, had repeatedly asked her daughter to stop becoming an air stewardess and to work in other fields. …read more Source: New Straits...
Without radar, missile may not have identified jet
LONDON: 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. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine accuses Russia of helping rebels loot crash site
GRABOVE: Ukraine on Saturday accused Russia of helping insurgents destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysian jet whose downing in the rebel-held east has drawn global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: DNA being collected to ID Ukraine crash victims
THE HAGUE: Forensic teams fanned out across the Netherlands on Saturday to collect material that will help positively identify the remains of victims killed in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine. Families and friends of the dead huddled to console one another at churches, schools and sports clubs across the nation....
MH17: Monitors try to secure Ukraine plane crash site
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. …read more Source: New...
MH17: MAS mourns in social websites
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) turned grey on Friday morning, in tribute to flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukrainian president condemns interference with work at crash site
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans that he would not tolerate interference in the work of international monitors and other experts investigating the Malaysian airliner disaster. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Rebel leader asks Russia for help with deteriorating Ukraine crash site
DONETSK, Ukraine: A rebel leader appealed to Russia today for help with worsening conditions at the crash site of a Malaysian airliner, accusing the Ukrainian government of preventing experts from arriving and allowing bodies to rot. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Merkel, Putin agree on international probe of MH17 crash
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed for an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysian plane over Ukraine, and for rapid access to the crash site, Berlin said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
