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      Son of MH17 victims makes passionate plea for peace
      Jul25

      Son of MH17 victims makes passionate plea for peace

      Author(s): XINHUA mh17_letter_tragedy.jpg The son of an Australian couple who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed over Ukraine last week said on Friday that justice will only be served when fighting in the region stops. Paul Guard, whose parents Roger and Jill Guard were on the doomed flight, told local radio that the Ukraine conflict...

      Dutch, Australians seek MH17 access
      Jul25

      Dutch, Australians seek MH17 access

      The Netherlands and Australia seek access to the rebel-controlled crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine as more bodies are flown out. …read more Source:...

      Australia sends 100 more police for MH17 mission, as rhetoric softens
      Jul25

      Australia sends 100 more police for MH17 mission, as rhetoric softens

      Police may be armed and backed up by defence personnel, but Tony Abbott stresses their only brief is to bring bodies homeAustralia is sending 100 more federal police officers to Europe in the hope they will be able to join a Dutch-led mission to secure the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.Tony Abbott said some of the police could...

      US says new evidence shows Russia ‘firing artillery into Ukraine’
      Jul25

      US says new evidence shows Russia ‘firing artillery into Ukraine’

      US officials claim to have evidence that Russia has been firing artillery from within its own territory across the border into Ukraine. …read more Source: The...

      MH17 crash victim Cameron Dalziel ‘had credit cards stolen’
      Jul25

      MH17 crash victim Cameron Dalziel ‘had credit cards stolen’

      One of the British victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has had his belongings stolen from the crash site in eastern Ukraine, his brother-in-law has said. …read more Source: The...

      [Ticker] US says Russia fired artillery into Ukraine
      Jul25

      [Ticker] US says Russia fired artillery into Ukraine

      The US Thursday said it has evidence, based on “intelligence information”, that Russia is firing artillery across the border into Ukraine. US deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Russia intends “to deliver heavier and more powerful multiple rocket launchers” to pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine....

      “Nobody has right to lecture Serbia on Ukraine”
      Jul25

      “Nobody has right to lecture Serbia on Ukraine”

      Nobody has the right lecture Serbia, especially not those who “brought our own territorial integrity into question,” said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić.When it comes to the position of Serbia “between East and West” after the crash of a Malaysian aircraft in eastern Ukraine and the deepening of the crisis,...

      EU extends Russian sanctions list
      Jul25

      EU extends Russian sanctions list

      The European Union has agreed to extend its blacklist of Russians subject to sanctions for stoking the conflict in eastern Ukraine. It has also started intense discussions on details of possible restrictions on sophisticated sectors of strategic Russian industries. A meeting of ambassadors of the EU’s member states ended yesterday with...

      More journalists detained in Ukraine while reporting on MH17 tragedy
      Jul25

      More journalists detained in Ukraine while reporting on MH17 tragedy

      Further to my posting yesterday about the pressures placed on journalists in Ukraine, there have been more abductions. Both sides in the conflict were responsible for detaining reporters.CNN reports that a Ukrainian journalist working as a fixer for the broadcaster, Anton Skiba, is being held by pro-Russian separatists. … …read more...

      MH17: Australia ready to send police to secure crash site
      Jul25

      MH17: Australia ready to send police to secure crash site

      Tony Abbott says 90 police officers are ready to be deployed to eastern Ukraine site where Malaysia Airlines plane was downedAustralia’s prime minister has said his country is close to finalising a deal with Ukraine to send police and a small number of troops to secure the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash site as part of a multinational...