Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (311)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Outcry grows as world mourns downed MH17
Relatives of those on board the Malaysia Airlines jet apparently shot down over Ukraine with 298 aboard are mourning, as the world demands answers. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Outcry grows as world mourns downed MH17 (AFP)
Relatives of those on board the Malaysia Airlines jet apparently shot down over Ukraine with 298 aboard are mourning, as the world demands answers. …read more Source: The West...
Malaysia says ‘outrage against human decency’ if MH17 shot down (AFP)
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia’s transport minister said Friday it would constitute an “outrage against human decency” if it is confirmed that flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel urges immediate ceasefire in Ukraine (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Friday for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine to permit a probe into the downing of a passenger plane in the rebel-held east of the country. …read more Source: The West...
MH17: a crash that could spiral into war
This is no act of terrorism, but its ramifications could be terrifying and stretch far beyond Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Global anger mounts over downed Malaysia Airlines jet (AFP)
GRABOVE (Ukraine) (AFP) – Global outrage and shock mounted Friday after the apparent shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over strife-torn eastern Ukraine with nearly 300 people on board as questions swirled as to who was behind the tragedy. …read more Source: The West...
Why were commercial planes still flying over Ukraine? (AFP)
Seoul (AFP) – The downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet over rebel-held eastern Ukraine has raised questions over why the company persisted in flying in conflict-zone airspace that many other Asian carriers had abandoned months ago. …read more Source: The West...
Fractured Ukraine shows neither Barack Obama nor Vladimir Putin are in control
When Vladimir Putin told Barack Obama by phone of the downed Malaysian aircraft the real lesson for these two powerful men was that they are not in full control. During a crisis such as the national fracturing in Ukraine, headstrong rebels running amok on the ground can stop the world on its axis, by taking a potshot at a passing aircraft....
Global anger intensifies over downed Malaysia Airlines jet (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Anger deepened around the world Friday with the United States demanding an “unimpeded” international inquiry after a Malaysian passenger jet was apparently shot down by a missile strike in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 on board. …read more Source: The West...
28 Aussies die in downed jet
TWENTY-EIGHT Australians were on a Malaysia Airlines plane apparently shot down by a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, killing all 298 on board. …read more Source: THE...
