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MH17: Dutch sending police, want to secure crash site
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands is sending 40 unarmed police to the crash site of flight MH17 in rebel-held Ukraine and seeking means to “further stabilise the area“, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday. …read more Source: New Straits...
A very bad week: Airline disasters come in a cluster
Nearly 300 passengers are killed when their plane is shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. Airlines suspend flights to Israel’s largest airport after rocket attacks. An airliner crashes during a storm in Taiwan, and yet another disappears in West Africa. Aviation has suffered one of its worst weeks in memory. Industry analysts and...
JCI climbs 0.12% in opening trade
The Jakarta Composite Index opened on a positive note in Friday’s first trading session, rising slightly by 0.12 percent to 5,104.55.In addition, the LQ45 index climbed by 0.18 percent to 874.24.”The JCI is still in a consolidating phase as market players wait for news on the performance of publicly listed companies in the first half...
Parents head to Ukraine convinced MH17 daughter still alive
SYDNEY — The parents of an Australian victim of the MH17 disaster are clinging to hopes their daughter may still be alive, travelling to Ukraine to find her, reports said Friday. Jerzy and Angela Dyczynski’s daughter Fatima was on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which was brought down by a suspected missile strike, as she made her way...
Russia military likely reluctant participations in Ukraine – US general
ASPEN, Colorado:Russia’s military is likely a reluctant participant in Ukraine’s conflict, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday, adding that although he had not spoken to his Moscow counterpart in about two months he was keeping an open line of communication. …read more Source: New Straits...
A Bad Week for Aviation as Tragedies Come in a Cluster
Nearly 300 passengers are killed when their plane is shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. Airlines suspend flights to Israel’s largest airport after rocket attacks. Two airliners crash during sto… …read more Source:...
MH17: Parents head to Ukraine convinced daughter still alive
SYDNEY: The parents of an Australian victim of the MH17 disaster are clinging to hopes their daughter may still be alive, travelling to Ukraine to find her, reports said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
Malaysia jet probe taps black-box data in hunt for rocket traces
Data from the downed Malaysian jet’s black boxes has been successfully downloaded a week after the tragedy in east Ukraine, with the examination of bodies also under way as crash experts seek evidence of a missile strike.Russia says will cooperate with MH17 probe led by NetherlandsDutch mourn as first MH17 bodies arrive in NetherlandsMH17...
Russia firing artillery on Ukraine troops: US
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday said it had evidence Russian forces were firing artillery from inside Russia on Ukrainian troops, in what officials called a “clear escalation” of the conflict. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine PM’s resignation complicates MH17 probe, adds to chaos in rebel-controlled east
July 25, 2014 11:40 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukraine’s prime minister resigned after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging the former Soviet state into political limbo as it struggles to quell a deadly rebellion in the east. …read more Source: The Straits...
