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Putin “will help recover bodies, black boxes”: Dutch PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte he will help retrieve bodies and black boxes from the Ukrainian rebel-held crash site of flight MH17. …read more Source: Channel...
Forensics experts to reach Ukraine crash site Monday: Dutch PM
International forensic experts will finally reach the Ukrainian rebel-held crash site of flight MH17 on Monday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said …read more Source: Channel...
Missile hit on MH17 required ‘extensive training’: military experts
Whoever fired the surface-to-air missile that brought down a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine would have needed extensive training to execute the mission, according to military experts. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Malaysia Airlines Retires MH17 Flight Code
Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Airlines said on Sunday that it would retire flight code MH17 as a “mark of respect” for the 298 people killed in a jet crash in violence-wracked eastern Ukraine. The daily Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur service will instead take on the code MH19 from July 25. “In light of the recent incident, Malaysia...
Rebels to ‘Guarantee Safety’ of Crash Monitors if Kiev Agrees Truce
Donetsk. A top Ukrainian rebel leader said on Sunday that the pro-Russian fighters will guarantee the safety of international monitors at the Malaysian jet’s crash site if Kiev agrees to a truce. “We declare that we will guarantee the safety of international experts on the scene as soon as Kiev concludes a ceasefire agreement,”...
MH17: Malaysia frustrated with separatists for hampering recovery efforts
KIEV: Malaysia is frustrated with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine for hampering efforts to recover, identify and repatriate the remains of the victims of flight MH17. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai in Kiev, Ukraine
I arrived in Kiev today at 13.10, accompanied by the Director-General of the Department of Civil Aviation Malayusia and the Chairman of Malaysia Airlines. …read more Source: New Straits...
Separatists Said to Have Seized Control of Crash Victims’ Remains
Pro-Russian separatist militiamen have seized custody of the bodies of about 200 victims of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that was blown out of the sky by a surface-to-air missile, Ukrainian off… …read more Source:...
Australia circulates draft UN resolution on MH17 disaster
Australia has circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution demanding that pro-Russian separatists provide “full and unfettered access” to the crash site of the downed Malaysian jet in eastern Ukraine, diplomats said. …read more Source: Channel...
Jittery week likely due to conflicts, MH17 crash impact
THE local bourse is expected to be jittery this week on the back of ongoing world conflicts and the shock from the downing of Malaysian Airlines’ (MAS) Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
