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Netherlands holds sombre memorial for Malaysia Airlines MH17 victims
November 10, 2014 9:41 PMAMSTERDAM (AFP) – The Netherlands on Monday held a sombre and emotional memorial for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source: The Straits...
Convoys, shelling threaten Ukraine ceasefire
Armoured convoys headed to bolster rebel positions in east Ukraine as shelling rocked separatist stronghold Donetsk, prompting US-led concerns of a return to full-scale fighting. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Tough questions linger for Russia over MH17 disaster
KIEV: Nearly four months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people, the disaster remains highly controversial as the Netherlands on Monday holds a memorial ceremony for the dead. …read more Source: New Straits...
Tough Questions Linger for Russia Over MH17 Disaster
Nearly four months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people, the disaster remains highly controversial as the Netherlands on Monday holds a memorial cer… …read more Source:...
Scandinavian jet with 132 passengers ‘nearly crashed into Russian warplane’
LONDON – A Scandinavian airliner carrying 132 passengers nearly crashed earlier this year into a Russian warplane that was flying covertly, a study of Russia-West military incidents said Monday.Swedish media reported that the two planes came within 90m of each other in the air some 80km southeast of the Swedish city of Malmo on March...
Future of 41 Ukrainian seafarers in Batam still uncertain
The prolonged political and economic crisis in Ukraine has left 41 Ukrainian citizens, who worked as crew members in the Ocean Green, a refrigerated cargo ship that has been stranded in Galang Island waters in Riau Islands, to an increasingly uncertain fate.The head of the Batam Port Office, Hery Setiobudi, told The Jakarta Post on Monday that...
Putin blames Ukraine for obstructing MH17 inquiry
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine’s government of interfering with the investigation into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in July that killed 298 people. …read more Source: The Times of...
Putin blames Ukraine for obstructing MH17 inquiry
BEIJING (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine’s government of interfering with the investigation into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in July that killed 298 people. …read more Source: The...
Rising China, Geopolitical Tensions Take Stage at APEC
Beijing. World leaders including Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on Monday for an Asia-Pacific summit hosted by China’s Xi Jinping and including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, against a backdrop of growing big-power rivalries. Obama arrives wounded by the Democrats’ defeat in the mid-term US elections and with US-Russian relations in...
Families, friends mourn MH17 victims in Amsterdam
Anonymous supporters, one wearing a sign which reads “MH17 Stop The Cover Up” demonstrate outside the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo) Hundreds of grieving family members and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster are gathering in Amsterdam for a national commemoration ceremony...
