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Canada to impose further Russia sanctions over Ukraine
OTTAWA, Canada–Canada’s prime minister on Monday announced further economic sanctions against Russian entities and individuals, calling the downing of flight MH17 a “direct product of Russia’s military aggression and illegal occupation” of Ukraine. Stephen Harper also called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to...
Asian shares mixed after MH17 losses
HONG KONG–Asian markets were mixed on Monday, as bargain-hunting was offset by lingering geopolitical concerns after last week’s downing of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine. With traders still on edge after Thursday’s tragedy, which the United States has said was caused by pro-Russian rebels, the dollar retreated against the...
Interview with father who lost a son on MH17
Malaysia Airlines stewardSanjidSingh Sandhu was not supposed to be on Flight MH17 that crashed in eastern Ukraine. But the 41-year-old swapped flights with a colleague to return home a day earlier to visit his parents. AP Television spoke toJijarSingh Sandhu,Sanjid’sfather, about the loss of his son. “Nothing in this world can bring...
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...
Putin says ‘all the right things’ to Australia PM over MH17
SYDNEY — Russian President Vladimir Putin said “all the right things” in a phone call with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who Monday demanded he back his words with action over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The two leaders spoke overnight in their first conversation since the plane, carrying 298 people,...
Russia faces further EU sanctions over MH17 crash site access
PARIS–France, Britain and Germany warned Russia Sunday it could face further EU sanctions if it did not press pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine to allow unfettered access to the crash site of flight MH17. Francois Hollande, Angela Merkel and David Cameron held phone separate talks to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine days after a...
Plane crash bodies put on train for rebel city
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Armed rebels forced emergency workers to hand over all 196 bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines crash site and then loaded them onto refrigerated trains bound for a rebel-held city, officials and monitors said Sunday. At the crash site Sunday morning, Associated Press journalists saw no bodies and no armed rebels....
Ukraine: Rebels have taken all plane crash bodies
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Separatist rebels have taken all the 196 bodies that workers recovered from the Malaysian Airlines crash site away to an unknown location, Ukraine’s emergency services said Sunday. Associated Press journalists saw the pro-Russia rebels putting bagged bodies onto trucks at the crash site Saturday in rebel-held...
Australia PM says MH17 crash site ‘chaotic’
SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Sunday said the Ukraine crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was “absolutely chaotic,” and he feared interference with the evidence would continue. Abbott’s call joined a growing chorus of outrage from world leaders demanding Russia’s full cooperation with what is...
Singapore Airlines apologizes for ‘insensitive’ MH17 post
SINGAPORE — Singapore Airlines (SIA) has apologized for posting an “insensitive” comment on social media about the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash in crisis-stricken eastern Ukraine. Hours after the Boeing 777-200 passenger jet with 298 people on board went down on Thursday, believed shot by a surface-to-air missile, SIA...
