Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine: Rebels have taken all plane crash bodies
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) Separatist rebels have taken all the 196 bodies that workers recovered from the Malaysian Airlines crash site away to an unknown location, Ukraine’s emergency services said Sunday.Associated Press journalists… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine negotiates with rebels over crash site access
The Ukraine government is holding secret video-conferences with the separatists it calls ”terrorists” over gaining full access to the MH17 crash site – saying the site cannot be secured without the local militants’ agreement. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Q&A: How Malaysia Airlines can salvage its brand
Malaysia Airlines is in uncharted territory after the disappearance of Flight 370 in March with 239 people aboard was followed this week by the downing of another of its jets, carrying 298 people, over Ukraine.Before the disasters… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia destroying evidence at MH17 crash site: Ukraine
Ukraine is accusing Russia of helping insurgents destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysian jet whose downing in the rebel-held east has drawn global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Malaysia doesn’t know who has MH17 black boxes
Malaysia is worried the black box recording devices of MH17 will be tampered with to protect those who shot down the plane, as a United Nations agency said Ukraine will be officially in charge of investigations into the crash. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
How Russia handed missile to rebels
A SENIOR Ukrainian security official says evidence shows Russia was directly involved in launching the missile strike on MH17. …read more Source: THE...
Dutch leader calls on Putin to help crash probe
An angry Dutch prime minister says he has had an “extremely intense” telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he urged him to “show the world he intends to help” in the investigation into the Ukraine air… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17 crash site a farce as amateurs control recovery of bodies
The recovery of the bodies of the MH17 travellers that fell from the sky over eastern Ukraine should be ordered, respectful and expert. But it isn’t. It has become an invasion of body snatchers and a duel over possession of the dead. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Aussies to be part of MH17 investigation (AAP)
An international team of experts is ready to visit the MH17 crash site but they can’t yet secure safe access to the rebel-held area in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine launches major assault
UKRAINIAN forces have mounted a major military assault against separatist strongholds about Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source:...
