Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Planes carrying MH17 bodies arrive in the Netherlands (AFP)
Eindhoven (Netherlands) (AFP) – The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, with grieving relatives and the king and queen solemnly receiving the as yet unidentified victims. …read more Source: The West...
Russia starts reinforcing naval fleet in Crimea (AFP)
Sevastopol (AFP) – Russia announced Wednesday that it had begun expanding and modernising its Black Sea fleet based in Crimea with new ships and submarines, just months after annexing the peninsula from Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Planes carrying MH17 bodies land in Netherlands (AFP)
Eindhoven (Netherlands) (AFP) – Two planes carrying the first bodies from Malaysian Airways flight MH17, shot down over Ukraine last week, arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent reported. …read more Source: The West...
One thousand MH17 relatives in Eindhoven (AAP)
The Dutch C130 Hercules carrying 16 victims who were on board MH17 has left the Ukraine for the Netherlands. …read more Source: The West...
Russia turns Sochi Olympic site, Crimea into casino zones (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia has designated Sochi’s Olympic site and the annexed Crimean peninsula as gambling areas on Wednesday, in a bid to boost investment and tourism. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels ‘shoot down two fighter jets’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in eastern Ukraine just days after the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Ukrainian military spokesman told AFP. …read more Source: The West...
Bishop to attend victims’ arrival ceremony (AAP)
The Dutch C130 Hercules carrying 16 victims who were on board MH17 has left the Ukraine for the Netherlands. …read more Source: The West...
Bodies of MH17 crash victims flown to Netherlands (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – The first bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines plane that was downed over Ukraine were flown back on Wednesday to the Netherlands where a national day of mourning has been declared. …read more Source: The West...
Plane carrying MH17 bodies leaves Ukraine for Netherlands (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Wednesday left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands following a sombre ceremony, an AFP journalist at the scene said. …read more Source: The West...
Possible many more MH17 bodies with wreckage: Australia PM (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday it was possible that many bodies from the MH17 crash were still lying in the open in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
