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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...
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...
EU asks Putin for access to MH17 crash site
Russian President blames ‘others’ for exploiting Ukraine crash …read more Source: The...
Putin Blames Others for Exploiting Ukraine Crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lambasted those who use the downing of a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for “mercenary objectives,” the Kremlin said Monday. …read more Source:...
US Intelligence Assessment on Malaysia Jet Downing
US Secretary of State John Kerry spelled out on Sunday what he called overwhelming evidence of Russia’s complicity in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Putin’s Russia risks burning bridges over jet crash
Russia risks burning bridges with the West over the deadly Malaysian plane crash in Ukraine, as analysts warn that President Vladimir Putin might never accept responsibility for the disaster. Observers said Thursday’s shooting down of a Boeing 777 with 298 people on board over Ukrainian territory held by pro-Kremlin rebels would have...
Anti-Russia sentiment running deep in Malaysia
Many Malaysians are urging their government and world leaders to take a tough stance against Russia after pro-Russia rebels allegedly shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet, with some calling for economic sanctions and a boycott of Russian goods. While the rebels and Ukraine blame each other for Thursday’s downing of Flight MH17 near the Russian...
MH17: Rescuers find 251 bodies at crash site
KIEV: Rescuers found 251 bodies and 86 fragments of bodies by late on Sunday at the crash site of a Malaysian airliner and a second train with refrigerator wagons to take the remains away has arrived, a Ukrainian government committee said. …read more Source: New Straits...
