Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine’s disabled condemned to life in orphanages
Orphanages and children’s homes are expanding, going against global trends. …read more Source: Television New...
Ukraine’s disabled condemned to life in institutions
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” An international rights group says growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are being condemned to life in orphanages and institutions blighted by neglect and abuse.Disability Rights International said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch investigators search MH17 wreckage for remaining body parts
A team of Dutch investigators finally gains access to the last unexamined wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in the hope of recovering body parts of the remaining two victims, nine months after the flight crashed in Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Russian group to display MH17 fragment at museum
A Russian veterans organisation is planning to display a piece of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine at a museum.The fragment was given to veterans organisation Boyevogo Bratstva in the town Yeisk by residents… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Another ally of Ukraine ex-president Yanukovych found dead (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A former Ukraine deputy was shot dead in Kiev Wednesday, the fourth ally of ousted pro-Moscow ex-president Viktor Yanukovych to die in suspicious circumstances in the past two months. …read more Source: The West...
Russian group to show MH17 fragment
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Russian veterans organization is planning to display a piece of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine at a museum.The fragment was given to veterans organization Boyevogo Bratstva in the town… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch to renew search at MH17 crash site
Dutch, Malaysian and Australian investigators are renewing a search for body parts and debris at the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Army unmoved as Ukraine villagers plead for guns to go (AFP)
Berdyanske (Ukraine) (AFP) – Reduced to drinking rainwater, their houses rattled by artillery blasts despite a ceasefire, villagers on the frontline of Ukraine’s eastern conflict are pleading for the forces to withdraw. …read more Source: The West...
Russia criticizes Canada for sending troops to Ukraine
TORONTO (AP) ” Russia is calling Canada’s decision to send 200 military trainers to Ukraine “counterproductive and deplorable.”The Russian Embassy in Ottawa said in a statement Wednesday that Canada’s actions are helping to assist… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia sanctions only lifted when truce respected: G7 (AFP)
Luebeck (Germany) (AFP) – Russia can expect international sanctions against it to be lifted only when it complies with the terms of a ceasefire with Ukraine, foreign ministers from the Group of Seven said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
