Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (311)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
MH17 crash site a farce as amateurs control recovery of bodies
The recovery of the bodies of the MH17 travellers that fell from the sky over eastern Ukraine should be ordered, respectful and expert. But it isn’t. It has become an invasion of body snatchers and a duel over possession of the dead. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine launches major assault
UKRAINIAN forces have mounted a major military assault against separatist strongholds about Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source:...
’Control your shameless rebels’
RUSSIAN leader Vladamir Putin is under pressure to show the world he can bring rebels in Ukraine to heel following the MH17 crash. …read more Source:...
Aussies to be part of MH17 investigation (AAP)
An international team of experts is ready to visit the MH17 crash site but they can’t yet secure safe access to the rebel-held area in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine hits Russia over evidence
UKRAINE has accused Russia of helping insurgents destroy evidence at the crash site amid global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: THE...
Malaysia demands protection of MH17 crash site (AFP)
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia issued an impassioned plea Saturday for the MH17 disaster site in Ukraine to be protected from tampering, saying evidence was being compromised in what it called a “betrayal of the lives that were lost.” …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russia rebels of looting crash site (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday accused pro-Russian insurgents of destroying 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: The West...
Merkel, Putin agree on international probe of MH17 crash (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed for an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine, Berlin said on Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev says rebels trying to destroy crash evidence (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday accused Russia of helping separatist insurgents they say shot down Malaysian airliner MH17 try to destroy evidence at the crash site. …read more Source: The West...
Flight MH17: 186 bodies recovered
WORKERS from Ukraine’s emergency services have now explored 18 square kilometres about the broad MH17 crash site and found 186 bodies from the flight. …read more Source:...
