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    Shelling around MH17 site blocks international police (AFP)
    Jul27

    Shelling around MH17 site blocks international police (AFP)

    Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy shelling around the crash site of downed Malaysian flight MH17 forced Dutch and Australian police to scrap a planned visit as they sought to secure the scene 10 days after the disaster. …read more Source: The West...

    Strip Russia of 2018 World Cup: UK dep PM (AP)
    Jul27

    Strip Russia of 2018 World Cup: UK dep PM (AP)

    British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for Russia to be stripped of the right to host the next World Cup after its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...

    AFP to start work at MH17 crash site (AAP)
    Jul27

    AFP to start work at MH17 crash site (AAP)

    Australian Federal Police officers will be included in a Dutch-led humanitarian mission to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...

    AFP officers deployed to Kharkiv (AAP)
    Jul26

    AFP officers deployed to Kharkiv (AAP)

    A large contingent of AFP officers is in Ukraine ready to secure the MH17 crash site, as Julie Bishop pushes for a security deal to be ratified on Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...

    Putin and Australia’s Abbott discuss MH17 probe (AFP)
    Jul26

    Putin and Australia’s Abbott discuss MH17 probe (AFP)

    Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Saturday discussed how an international probe could be set up into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine, in which 28 Australians were killed. …read more Source: The West...

    Attacks kill Ukraine mayor, target another (AFP)
    Jul26

    Attacks kill Ukraine mayor, target another (AFP)

    Lviv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two Ukrainian mayors have been targeted in separate attacks, authorities said Saturday, with one shot dead while the other’s house was hit by an anti-tank rocket. …read more Source: The West...

    Grieving relatives at MH17 site as Dutch, Australia ready troops (AFP)
    Jul26

    Grieving relatives at MH17 site as Dutch, Australia ready troops (AFP)

    Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – The first relatives of victims on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived on Saturday at the crash site, as Dutch and Australian forces prepared for possible deployment to secure the location in rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...

    Grieving Australian couple visit Ukraine crash site (AFP)
    Jul26

    Grieving Australian couple visit Ukraine crash site (AFP)

    Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – An Australian couple who lost their daughter in downed Malaysian flight MH17 visited the crash site in rebel-held east Ukraine on Saturday, the first relatives of victims to arrive at the scene. …read more Source: The West...

    Dutch, Australians ready Ukraine MH17 forces (AFP)
    Jul26

    Dutch, Australians ready Ukraine MH17 forces (AFP)

    Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dutch and Australian forces were being readied Saturday for possible deployment to secure the rebel-held crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 in east Ukraine where many victims’ remains still lie nine days after the disaster claimed 298 lives. …read more Source: The West...

    EU targets Russian intelligence chiefs, readies tougher sanctions (AFP)
    Jul26

    EU targets Russian intelligence chiefs, readies tougher sanctions (AFP)

    Brussels (AFP) – Stung into action by the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the EU put Russia’s intelligence chiefs on its sanctions list Saturday as it readied much harsher measures against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...