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Investigators struggle to reach MH17 crash site in strife-torn Ukraine
GRABOVE, Ukraine (AFP) — Investigators faced massive hurdles Saturday as they sought access to the grisly crash site of …read more Source: The Korea...
Ukraine, rebels set ‘security zone’
KIEV – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have agreed to set up a security zone around the crash site of a Malaysian jet that was apparently shot down in the separatist east, Ukraine’s security service chief said on Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Plane shot down by missile fired from rebel-held area of Ukraine: Obama
Evidence showed that a Malaysian airliner brought down over Ukraine was shot down by surface-to-air missiles launched from an area that is controlled by separatists in eastern Ukraine, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday. …read more Source:...
Top AIDS official says six colleagues on Malaysia plane, not 100
MELBOURNE – International AIDS Society president Francoise Barre-Sinoussi on Saturday said six colleagues heading for a global conference in Melbourne were on a Malaysian plane that crashed over Ukraine, not 100 as reports suggested. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine rebel leader gives bizarre account of plane crash
AP — A top pro-Russian rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has given a bizarre version of events surrounding Thursday’s Malaysia Airlines jetliner crash — suggesting many of the victims may have died days before the plane took off. The pro-rebel website Russkaya Vesna on Friday quoted Igor Girkin as saying he was told by people...
Mounting Anger, Calls for Truth About Malaysia Airlines Crash
Along with shock and grief, demands are growing for a full investigation into the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine that killed nearly 300 people. There is mounting consensus that the crash was caused by a missile strike. Stock markets plunged on Friday, a day afte… …read more Source: The Chosun...
MH17 made headlines across the globe
KUALA LUMPUR: The tragic incident of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border was the main story on the front pages of many newspapers around the globe. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russian-made missile likely used to shoot down Flight MH17
A Russian-made surface-to-air missile is the most likely cause of the suspected downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine, analysts said Friday, as claims and counter-claims swirled over who launched the weapon. The truck-mounted “Buk” missile is capable of soaring to the height of a civilian airliner like Malaysian Airlines flight...
Ukraine, Rebels Agree to ‘Security Zone’ Around Crash Site: Kiev
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have agreed to set up a security zone around the crash site of the Malaysian jet that was downed in Ukraine …read more Source:...
Malaysia PM’s step-grandmother was on MH17
Prime Minister Najib Razak’s step-grandmother was on board the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that crashed in violence-wracked Ukraine, the country’s defence minister confirmed on Saturday. …read more Source: The Times of...
