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Lavrov, Kerry agree on ICAO’s leading role in MH17 crash probe
Top diplomats of Russia and the United States agreed on Saturday that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) should be guaranteed leading role in investigating the Malaysian plane crash in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
A Dutch dilemma
AMSTERDAM -FLAGS flew at half-staff on Friday in this small but extremely international country, one that is accustomed to standing on the forefront of global cultural debates over such things as gay rights, euthanasia and marijuana policies. But on Thursday, after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, the Netherlands found itself thrust...
Without radar, missile may not have identified jet
LONDON: If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn’t have the right systems in place to distinguish between military and civilian aircraft, experts said Saturday. …read more Source: New Straits...
United Nations aviation body denies it can close global air routes
The UN’s aviation body said it did not have the authority to close global air routes, seeking to distance itself from responsibility after the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
MH17: Ukraine accuses Russia of helping rebels loot crash site
GRABOVE: Ukraine on Saturday accused Russia of helping insurgents destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysian jet whose downing in the rebel-held east has drawn global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: New Straits...
British PM raises prospect of more Russia sanctions
July 20, 2014 7:17 AMLONDON (AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron raised the prospect on Saturday of fresh EU sanctions against Russia over the Malaysian plane crash, saying the West must “fundamentally change our approach” unless Moscow alters course in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
France and Ukraine warn over plane crash site
PARIS: The French and Ukrainian presidents said Saturday that any obstruction preventing international investigators reaching the crash site of flight MH17 will “not be tolerated”. Following a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko, President Francois Hollande said the two had agreed “on the importance of...
World › Ukraine, rebels argue over Malaysia Airlines wreckage site
Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying evidence to cover up their guilt in the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner that has accelerated a showdown between the Kremlin and Western powers. As militants kept international monitors away from wreckage and scores of bodies festered for a… …read more...
Reporter quits Russian TV channel over Malaysia Airlines crash coverage
A London-based reporter for Russia’s state-owned English-language channel RT has quit in protest against its coverage of the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia can’t wash its hands of blame for MH17 crash, Tony Abbott says
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Russia could not “wash its hands of responsibility” for the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine as flags flew at half mast to honour the Australians killed. …read more Source: South China Morning...
