Section: Australia&NZ
MH17 passenger found wearing oxygen mask
One of the people on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that crashed in eastern Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign minister and prosecutors said, raising the possibility that some passengers might have known their plane was doomed. …read more Source: ABC...
Red Cross mulls Ukraine operations after worker killed (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – The Red Cross said Thursday it was analysing how to resume its Ukraine operations a week after halting work in the conflict-torn country following the death of a Swiss staffer. …read more Source: The West...
Prosecutors: MH17 passenger had oxygen mask on
The body of one passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was found wearing an oxygen mask, Dutch prosecutors said, raising questions about how much those on board knew about their fate as their plane went down above eastern Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Australian passenger on MH17 was wearing oxygen mask: Dutch prosecutors
The body of an Australian passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was found wearing an oxygen mask, Dutch prosecutors say, raising questions about how much those on board knew about their fate when the plane plunged out of the sky above eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source:...
Women take up arms in Ukraine conflict
Before fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine, Irina was a croupier in a casino who never dreamt of taking up arms. Now she is gambling with her life. …read more Source:...
MH17 passenger ‘wore oxygen mask’
Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans has said that one of the 298 people killed in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine was found wearing an oxygen mask. …read more Source: Radio New...
Staff numb the horror as bodies pile up in Ukraine morgue (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Like most staff at this east Ukrainian morgue, Olga Georgiyevna takes sedatives to numb the horror of seeing the bodies pile up. The ceasefire deal has done nothing to make her job easier. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel ‘cautiously optimistic’ on Ukraine gas deal
BERLIN (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is “cautiously optimistic” that talks to resolve differences between Russia and Ukraine about the supply of natural gas will succeed.Merkel says the dispute with Russia over… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine adopts law to purge government officials
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine’s president has approved legislation to purge government bodies of officials linked to the rule of the country’s previous leader, Viktor Yanukovych.President Petro Poroshenko’s office said in a statement… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Australian passenger on MH17 was wearing oxygen mask: Dutch prosecutors
Dutch prosecutors say the body of one passenger of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was found wearing an oxygen mask, raising questions about how much those on board knew about their fate when the plane plunged out of the sky above eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
