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Second wave of planes carrying bodies from Ukraine arrives in the Netherlands
Two more military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday, while Australian and Dutch diplomats joined to promote a plan for a UN team to secure the crash site, which has been controlled b …read more Source: South China Morning...
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...
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:...
Ukrainian PM quits, parties force new election
Ukraine’s prime minister tendered his resignation on Thursday, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over an increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase army financing. …read more Source: China...
Ukraine’s PM resigns, complicating MH17 probe
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – 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: Bangkok...
MH17: Obama, Rutte agree more sanction needed on Russia
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday and the White House said both agreed on the need to impose more sanctions on Russia for continuing to arm pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukrainian PM tenders resignation in parliament
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk on Thursday tendered his resignation in the parliament after two political parties withdrew from Ukraine’s ruling coalition. …read more Source:...
Very bad week: Airline disasters come in a cluster
WASHINGTON— Nearly 300 passengers were killed when their plane was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. Airlines suspended flights to Israel’s largest airport after rocket attacks. Two airliners crashed during storms, and yet another disappeared in West Africa. Aviation has suffered one of its worst weeks in memory. Industry...
Air Algerie jet with 116 on board crashes in Mali
Missing flight: Updated map showing the planned route of the missing Air Algerie flight, AH 5017. (Agence France-Presse)An Air Algerie jetliner carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found near the border of neighboring Burkina Faso — the third major international aviation disaster in a...
MH17: Black box data downloaded, no evidence of tampering
THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators into the shooting down over Ukraine of flight MH17 said Thursday they had downloaded data from the black box flight recorder and that it had not been tampered with. …read more Source: New Straits...



