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Fighting erupts in Ukraine as crash investigators arrive
Ukrainian army tanks were reported to be launching an assault to break pro-Russian rebels’ hold on the eastern city of Donetsk on Monday in the first major outbreak of hostilities in the area since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last week.UN Security Council to hold emergency meetingU.N. Security Council mulls resolution on...
Fighting Erupts in Ukraine as Crash Investigators Arrive
Donetsk, Ukraine. Ukrainian army tanks were reported to be launching an assault to break pro-Russian rebels’ hold on the eastern city of Donetsk on Monday in the first major outbreak of hostilities in the area since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last week. A separatist leader said Ukrainian government forces were trying to...
Dutch say train with MH17 bodies to leave station in east Ukraine
A Dutch forensic team on Monday said a train carrying the bodies of victims from a downed Malaysian jet will set off from the railway station in east Ukraine, to a place where “we can do our work”. …read more Source: Channel...
272 bodies recovered from MH17 crash site: Ukrainian PM
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said on Monday that rescuers have recovered 272 bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. …read more Source:...
Dutch investigators inspect MH17 bodies in east Ukraine
Dutch investigators on Monday inspected bodies recovered from downed passenger airliner MH17 which had been loaded onto a train under rebel control not far from the crash site, an AFP reporter said. There was little sign that the bodies were stored in refrigerated condition. …read more Source: Channel...
Spotlight: Netherlands to coordinate victim identification efforts as UN set to vote on MH17 disaster resolution
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Sunday a team of international forensic experts will finally reach the Ukrainian crash site of flight MH17 on Monday, and that the Netherlands will coordinate the efforts for identifying the victims. …read more Source:...
Ukraine agrees Dutch should lead MH17 crash probe
Kiev on Monday agreed that the Dutch should lead the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in east Ukraine. Dutch forensics experts were reportedly at a train station where the victims’ bodies are stored. …read more Source: Channel...
Angry Australia PM Says Ukraine Crash Probe Resembles ‘Garden Clean-Up’
Members of the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry, medical personnel and a crane operator work at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region in Ukraine on July 20, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Maxim Zmeyev) Sydney. Australia’s prime minister voiced deep concern on Monday that Russian-backed rebels...
UN to vote on access to MH17 crash site
Diplomats said the U.N. Security Council could vote as early as Monday on an Australia-proposed resolution demanding international access to the Ukraine plane crash site and a cease-fire around th… …read more Source: The...
Australian AIDS Conference Remembers Crash Victims With Silence
Delegates observe a minute’s silence during the opening session, as a tribute to colleagues killed in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne on July 20, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Mark Dadswell) Delegates heading to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, were among the...
