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Securing MH17 site a ‘dangerous tightrope act’: experts (AFP)
Jul25

Securing MH17 site a ‘dangerous tightrope act’: experts (AFP)

The Hague (AFP) – Sending Western forces to secure the MH17 crash site in rebel-held Ukraine and protect investigators will be a perilous balancing act involving unpredictable separatists and Russian pride, experts said Friday. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine could ratify Aust deal next week (AAP)
Jul25

Ukraine could ratify Aust deal next week (AAP)

A deal authorising Australian police and soldiers to help secure the MH17 crash site could be ratified next week if the Ukrainian parliament is recalled. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine could ratify Aust deal next week
Jul25

Ukraine could ratify Aust deal next week

A deal authorising Australian police and soldiers to help secure the MH17 crash site could be ratified next week if the Ukrainian parliament is recalled. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Confusion after Ukraine’s PM quits (AFP)
Jul25

Confusion after Ukraine’s PM quits (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s political circus made an unwelcome return to centre stage as bickering lawmakers struggled Friday to avert a crisis of their own making after Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned in a huff. …read more Source: The West...

Russia accuses US of ‘smear campaign’ over Ukraine (AFP)
Jul25

Russia accuses US of ‘smear campaign’ over Ukraine (AFP)

Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Friday called the latest US accusations of Moscow’s involvement in the Ukrainian conflict a baseless “smear campaign” and said Washington bears responsibility for the bloodshed. …read more Source: The West...

FIFA rejects calls for Russia to lose WC18
Jul25

FIFA rejects calls for Russia to lose WC18

FIFA has dismissed calls to strip the 2018 World Cup from Russia in the wake of the Malaysia Airlines tragedy over Ukraine …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

MH17 bodies still en route to Holland
Jul25

MH17 bodies still en route to Holland

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has visited Kharkiv in Ukraine as MH17 victims continue to be flown to the Netherlands for forensic identification. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

MH17 bodies still en route to Holland (AAP)
Jul25

MH17 bodies still en route to Holland (AAP)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has visited Kharkiv in Ukraine as MH17 victims continue to be flown to the Netherlands for forensic identification. …read more Source: The West...

MH17: Headway, but hurdles ahead
Jul25

MH17: Headway, but hurdles ahead

ONE week on, control of the MH17 investigation has been handed to the Dutch. But as Ukraine descends into further political instability, how will safe access to the crash site be maintained? …read more Source:...

Russia ‘to give rebels deadlier missiles’
Jul25

Russia ‘to give rebels deadlier missiles’

RUSSIA has been lobbing artillery shells into Ukraine and is planning to give the rebels even deadlier missiles, the US State Department said. …read more Source:...