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Remains from Ukraine crash site sent to Kharkiv
Body parts found by international investigators in the fields of eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down have been delivered in refrigerated trucks to the city of Kharkiv. …read more Source: The Times of...
Malaysian experts set to enter MH17 crash site on Monday
Members of the Malaysian special investigation team are expected to enter the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crash site in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on Monday (Aug 4) to start their probe. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17: Malaysian probe team likely to enter crash site tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: Members of the Malaysian special investigation team are expected to enter the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 crash site in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on Monday to start their probe, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. …read more Source: New Straits...
Angst as Russians Forced to Report Dual Nationality
Moscow. Russians will have to declare other citizenships to the authorities under a new law coming into force on Monday — leading some to fear they may end up on the wrong end of the country’s increasingly nationalistic politics. Failing to declare a second passport or the right to permanent residence in another country will become a...
Russia blasts EU’s lifting of arms ban on Ukraine
Russia said on Saturday that the European Union (EU) applied double standards after it decided to lift restrictions on military-related exports to Ukraine. …read more Source:...
World › Experts recover human remains at Ukraine crash site despite new fighting
International experts found the remains of more victims of the downed Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine on Friday but fighting nearby between government forces and pro-Russian rebels renewed security concerns around the wreckage. The expert group, which Ukrainian authorities said numbered 101 people, was the largest to access the...
Putin left with few palatable options to resolve Ukraine crisis
Punitive sanctions and the calling into question of a key arms control treaty with Washington have ratcheted up pressure on Russia, leaving President Vladimir Putin few palatable options to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, analysts say. Putin might have thought he could get away with keeping the conflict simmering with a divided Europe wary of...
More human remains recovered at Ukraine crash site
Investigators using sniffer dogs recovered more human remains and personal belongings at the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, the head of an international recovery mission said. Speaking from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg said 70 Dutch and Australian investigators were able to reach the site...
Fighting hampers MH17 crash investigation
Fighting in east Ukraine forces international investigators to stop work at one of the crash sites of the downed Air Malaysia jet. Ukrainian forces advance in east as Russia, West squabbleExperts recover human remains at Ukraine crash site despite new fightingUkraine says suspends attacks to let experts reach crash site, rebels denyWest agrees...
Ukrainian forces advance in east as Russia, West squabble
Government forces tightened the noose around the main stronghold of pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine on Saturday and, with diplomacy stalled, Moscow and the West stepped up their war of words. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
