Section: Australia&NZ
Convoy shelled going to MH17 site
BOMBS landed only 500m from the MH17 recovery mission in Ukraine yesterday as it made its way to the crash site for a third day of searching. …read more Source: THE...
Remains from Ukraine crash site sent to Kharkiv
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Body parts found by international investigators in the fields of eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down have been delivered in refrigerated trucks to the city of Kharkiv.The trucks carried… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Broken ceasefire stalls probe of MH17 wreckage
Shelling close to the vast crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has forced international investigators to cut short a visit to an area where some of the jet’s wreckage is lying, observers say.About 70 experts had earlier been working at the site following an agreement on a local ceasefire by the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian...
Sniffer dogs and experts comb MH17 wreckage amid fighting (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – A sniffer dog zigzagged swiftly across a field overgrown with grass as police experts in blue uniforms fanned out to methodically work their way across a debris-strewn field in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Experts find more MH17 remains despite shelling in east Ukraine (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – International experts with sniffer dogs on Saturday recovered the remains of more victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in east Ukraine despite shelling limiting access to some parts of the vast crash site. …read more Source: The West...
Gay pride pays tribute to MH17 victims
TWO boats with white-clad AIDS campaigners have remembered their colleagues killed in the MH17 crash in Ukraine at Amsterdam’s Gay Pride parade. …read more Source:...
More human remains recovered at Ukraine site
AMSTERDAM (AP) Investigators using sniffer dogs recovered more human remains and personal belongings at the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, the head of an international recovery mission said.Speaking… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UK general: Ukraine crisis holds lessons for NATO
WASHINGTON (AP) The second-ranking NATO commander is arguing for a more responsive allied defensive force that could be deployed in the event Russia massed troops along a NATO member’s border as it has done with Ukraine.NATO already… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Experts comb MH17 crash site as Ukraine fighting rages (AFP)
Kirovske (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dutch and Australian experts finally got to work at the crash site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Friday, after fighting between government troops and pro-Russian rebels killed 14 people. …read more Source: The West...
Large police contingent heads to MH17 site
A 14-vehicle convoy is on its way to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine to recover bodies and personal items after a safe route was found. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
