Section: Australia&NZ
Dutch experts inspect MH17 bodies as Russia hits back (AFP)
Torez (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dutch forensic experts on Monday were examining bodies from the MH17 plane disaster being held at an east Ukraine train station as Kiev and insurgents wrangled over the fate of the remains. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine at potential turning point after crash
MOSCOW (AP) The crash of the Malaysian airliner in rebel-held eastern Ukraine is being viewed as a potential turning-point in the conflict either, the international revulsion over the death of all 298 people on board will force… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Horror and anger as leaders argue over MH17 bodies
The value of a hostage is in being alive. But in the steamy heat of this Ukrainian summer, the decaying bodies of 38 Australians among the near-300 killed in the crash of flight MH17 are being held hostage in a blame game playing out in an ugly separatist war. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Dutch experts inspect Ukraine crash bodies (AFP)
Torez (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dutch forensic experts on Monday began examining bodies from the MH17 plane disaster that have been held up at a east Ukraine train station as Kiev and insurgents wrangle over the fate of the remains. …read more Source: The West...
Malaysia Airlines diverts flight from Ukraine – to Syria
Malaysia Airlines re-routed a Kuala Lumpur-to-London flight over Syrian airspace on Sunday after its usual route over Ukraine was closed, flight tracking data showed on Monday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
272 bodies recovered from MH17 crash site, Ukraine’s PM says
The bodies of 272 people on board the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over eastern Ukraine have been recovered, as Ukraine’s prime minister promises to bring to justice the “bastards” responsible for the disaster.In a televised speech, prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said he hoped bodies of the 298 killed in the attack could...
Experts examining Ukraine crash bodies (AFP)
Torez (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dutch forensic experts on Monday began examining the bodies from the MH17 plane disaster, as world leaders denounced the “shambolic” state of the crash site left in the hands of pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 bodies to go to Netherlands: Ukraine
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says the bodies of the MH17 victims will be transferred to the Netherlands as soon as possible. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17 recovery effort: ‘Bloody guerillas won’t let train leave’
So far 272 bodies and 86 fragments of human remains have been recovered from the MH17 crash site, Ukraine authorities say. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine civilians flee fighting around Donetsk train station (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Intense shelling rocked the area around the train station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, an AFP reporter at the scene said. …read more Source: The West...
