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Exclusive: U.N. Security Council mulls resolution on Ukraine crash site access
Jul20

Exclusive: U.N. Security Council mulls resolution on Ukraine crash site access

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council is considering a draft resolution to condemn the “shooting down” of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, demand armed groups allow access to the crash site, and call on states in the region to cooperate with an international investigation. …read more Source:...

West toughens calls on Russia to cooperate over downed Malaysian plane
Jul20

West toughens calls on Russia to cooperate over downed Malaysian plane

HRABOVE/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying evidence to cover up their guilt in the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner that has intensified a showdown between the Kremlin and Western powers. …read more Source:...

Flight MH17: Pressure Growing On Russia
Jul20

Flight MH17: Pressure Growing On Russia

World leaders have urged Moscow to use its influence to get rebels in Ukraine to give observers full access to the crash site. …read more Source: Sky...

Graveyard of desecration: Grave robbers. Ghoulish tourists taking pictures on their mobiles. Corpses left to rot: A shocking dispatch from the grim crash site by IAN BIRRELL
Jul20

Graveyard of desecration: Grave robbers. Ghoulish tourists taking pictures on their mobiles. Corpses left to rot: A shocking dispatch from the grim crash site by IAN BIRRELL

Here on the gentle rolling hills of eastern Ukraine, lay the innocent people whose lives were extinguished so suddenly in an explosion at 33,000 feet. …read more Source: Daily...

MH17: Tony Abbott says Russia cannot ‘wash its hands’ of airline tragedy
Jul20

MH17: Tony Abbott says Russia cannot ‘wash its hands’ of airline tragedy

The prime minister fears Russia will allow continued interference at the site and of the 298 victimsTony Abbott has expressed fears that Russia would say the right thing while allowing interference in the crash site of MH17 and interference with the dignified treatment of the 298 victims, including 36 Australian citizens and residents.In his...

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMEMT: For once, we have to stand up to Putin
Jul20

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMEMT: For once, we have to stand up to Putin

The horror and grief of the Ukraine tragedy have persuaded a distracted world to focus once again on this tortured corner of Europe. …read more Source: Daily...

Singapore Airlines apologizes over Ukraine remarks
Jul20

Singapore Airlines apologizes over Ukraine remarks

Singapore Airlines’ posts on social media, claiming that their flights avoid Ukrainian airspace and posted directly after initial reports of MH17 being shot down, were met with public outrage due to the lack of initial condolences. …read more Source: Daily...

Ukraine, rebels argue over wreck; Europeans give Putin ‘last chance’
Jul20

Ukraine, rebels argue over wreck; Europeans give Putin ‘last chance’

HRABOVE/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying evidence to cover up their guilt in the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner that has accelerated a showdown between the Kremlin and Western powers. …read more Source:...

MH17: Anger mounts towards Russia as inspectors still denied access – live blog
Jul20

MH17: Anger mounts towards Russia as inspectors still denied access – live blog

Armed separatists deny full access to crash site for investigators and media amid accusations rebels are tampering with evidence and removing bodies from the sitePutin given ‘one last chance’ as world fury mounts Rebels fuel chaos as rotting corpses pile up on the roadsideMH17: Russian media pins blame on Ukraine...

MH17 flight attendant Angeline Premila Rajandran: ‘She loved her job’
Jul20

MH17 flight attendant Angeline Premila Rajandran: ‘She loved her job’

Family in Malaysia says 30-year-old stewardess had had job for 10 years, and priority now is for her body to be brought homeMalaysia Airlines flight stewardess Angeline Premila Rajandran, 30, loved flying and travelling so much that she joined the company at 20 and never looked back.”It was her first and only job,” said Murphy Govind,...