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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...
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:...
Interview with father who lost a son on MH17
Malaysia Airlines stewardSanjidSingh Sandhu was not supposed to be on Flight MH17 that crashed in eastern Ukraine. But the 41-year-old swapped flights with a colleague to return home a day earlier to visit his parents. AP Television spoke toJijarSingh Sandhu,Sanjid’sfather, about the loss of his son. “Nothing in this world can bring...
Experts Examine Ukraine Crash Bodies
Dutch forensic experts on Monday began examining the bodies from the MH17 plane disaster, as world leaders denounced the “shambolic” state of the crash site left in the hands of pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
Civilians Flee Fighting Around Donetsk Train Station
Intense shelling rocked the area around the train station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, an AFP reporter at the scene said. …read more Source:...
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...
MAS said to present turnaround plans this week
Malaysian Airline System Bhd, the state-backed carrier whose jet was shot down over Ukraine on July 17, will present turnaround plans this week to the government fund that controls it, people familiar with the matter said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Putin demands access for experts at Ukraine crash site
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said today the downing of a Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine must not be used for political ends and urged separatists to allow international experts access to the crash site. …read more Source: New Straits...
DFA expediting travel papers of kin of Filipino victims in MH17 crash
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is assisting the relatives of Filipinos who perished in the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in getting their passports and visa to travel to the Netherlands. “The next of kin of the Filipino victims were here in the (DFA) to apply for their travel documents and we...
