Section: Australia&NZ
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...
Ukraine launches major assault
UKRAINIAN forces have mounted a major military assault against separatist strongholds about Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source:...
Ukraine hits Russia over evidence
UKRAINE has accused Russia of helping insurgents destroy evidence at the crash site amid global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: THE...
Malaysia demands protection of MH17 crash site (AFP)
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia issued an impassioned plea Saturday for the MH17 disaster site in Ukraine to be protected from tampering, saying evidence was being compromised in what it called a “betrayal of the lives that were lost.” …read more Source: The West...
Singapore Airlines apologizes over Ukraine remarks
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Singapore Airlines apologized Saturday over social media remarks it posted after the Malaysian jetliner was shot down that were taken by many as being insensitive.After the Malaysia Airlines plane went… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russia rebels of looting crash site (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday accused pro-Russian insurgents of destroying 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 West...
Merkel, Putin agree on international probe of MH17 crash (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed for an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine, Berlin said on Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev says rebels trying to destroy crash evidence (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday accused Russia of helping separatist insurgents they say shot down Malaysian airliner MH17 try to destroy evidence at the crash site. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine crisis shows divisions in old Soviet bloc
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Poland’s foreign minister had sharp words on the downing of the Malaysia Airlines jumbo jet in Ukraine blaming the crash on Russia-backed “bandits.” But throughout most of central and eastern Europe, leaders… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Plane families must wait to go to Ukraine site
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Malaysia Airlines says it has no immediate plans to fly the relatives of 298 passengers and crew killed in the downing of Flight 17 to Ukraine to visit the site because of security concerns.A spokesman… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
