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Malaysia team in Kiev as anger mounts over MH17
A Malaysian team including two air accident investigators arrived in Kiev on Saturday and the transport minister was expected to follow as the Malaysian prime minister appealed for access to the MH17 crash site. …read more Source: Channel...
AIDS conference vows to honour colleagues killed in MH17 downing
Delegates at a global AIDS conference vowed on Saturday to renew efforts to end the deadly disease in honour of the commitment of colleagues killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 came down over Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
MH17: Emergency Parliament sitting on Wednesday
KUALA LUMPUR: An emergency Parliamentary sitting on the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which had gone down at Donestk in the eastern Ukraine, will convene this Wednesday. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Deadlock on security zone
DONETSK, Ukraine: Rebels and international observers have yet to agree on a security zone around the site where a Malaysian airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine, they said today, complicating efforts to secure evidence. …read more Source: New Straits...
Downed jet could alter fate of Ukrainian conflict
The downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine is likely to be a turning point in the country’s conflict. But which way it turns depends mainly on who carried out the attack and how convincingly it can be proved to the world. With suspicion falling heavily on pro-Russian insurgents, the event could provide an opportunity […] The post...
AIDS conference in shock at Malaysia plane tragedy
A global AIDS summit was in shock Saturday at the loss of colleagues in the Malaysia Airlines disaster over Ukraine, but delegates vowed to carry on their vital work in honor of those who died. As many as 100 passengers on the plane were reportedly en route to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne […] The post AIDS conference...
Analysis: Worldwide legal claims could await Malaysia Airlines over MH17
Malaysia Airlines may need to convince judges from several countries that it was not negligent to send a plane over wartorn eastern Ukraine if the airline hopes to avoid an outsize legal exposure for the downing of Flight MH17, aviation lawyers said. The lawyers told Reuters they expected at least some of the families of […] The post...
Better guidelines needed on flying over conflict zones
Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane is thought to have been caught up in the crossfire of an ongoing conflict between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian military forces in the region. Questions are being raised over why the area was deemed safe for commercial airlines. …read more Source: Channel...
PH urges nations to unite to determine those responsible for ‘brutal act’ on MH17
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Saturday condemned the “brutal act” of shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine that claimed the lives of 298 people, including three Filipinos. “We convey our profound condolences for all who perished in this tragedy,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)...
MH17 disaster wipes out entire Malaysian family of six
KUALA LUMPUR–An entire family of six that had been returning home after three years living abroad was among the 44 Malaysians killed in the MH17 disaster, media reports said Saturday. Tambi Jiee, 49, and his wife Ariza Ghazalee, 46, perished along with their four children when the Malaysia Airlines flight went down in eastern Ukraine. They...
