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MH17: Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop urges Ukraine rebels to co-operate with investigation – video
Jul18

MH17: Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop urges Ukraine rebels to co-operate with investigation – video

Australia’s foreign minister Julie Bishop has urged pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine to co-operate with an investigation into the explosion of flight MH17, asking for Australian consulate staff to be given access to the crash site. At least 27 Australian citizens are believed to have been on board the flight … …read...

‘That was a blast – look at the smoke’: Sick boast of the laughing rebels as they ‘saw MH17 hit by missile’ – hours after leader boasted: ‘We warned you – do not fly in our sky’
Jul18

‘That was a blast – look at the smoke’: Sick boast of the laughing rebels as they ‘saw MH17 hit by missile’ – hours after leader boasted: ‘We warned you – do not fly in our sky’

The tweet from rebel commander Igor Strelkov indicated he thought his rebels had shot down an Antonov-26 military plane of the Ukrainian Air Force. . …read more Source: Daily...

Pim de Kuijer, my friend and Aids campaigner, killed in MH17 crash
Jul18

Pim de Kuijer, my friend and Aids campaigner, killed in MH17 crash

A friend pays tribute to the Dutch citizen killed in airliner shot down over Ukraine, who was an enthusiastic writer and political activist and ‘most of all loved by many’My colleague and friend Pim de Kuijer died on his way to an Aids conference in Melbourne, a journey which typified his concern for others.Pim was Dutch and a...

Malaysia Airlines plane MH17: wars have bloomed from far, far less | Paul Daley
Jul18

Malaysia Airlines plane MH17: wars have bloomed from far, far less | Paul Daley

Rapid and precise responses are demanded but publicly displaying genuine empathy and leading public grieving is just as critical for world leaders, including Tony AbbottThe missile attack on the Malaysian passenger jet that has killed 298 people carries the type of broad-reaching and deleterious global implications that have stemmed from the very...

Malaysia Airlines crash: Malaysia PM and officials give details of passenger manifest and crash
Jul18

Malaysia Airlines crash: Malaysia PM and officials give details of passenger manifest and crash

There were 295 people, including 154 Dutch nationals, on board the Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine on Thursday, an official from the carrier said. …read more Source: The...

Moment the simmering civil war exploded into an international crisis
Jul18

Moment the simmering civil war exploded into an international crisis

The simmering civil war in eastern Ukraine has turned into a global crisis. Relations between Russia and the West were… …read more Source: The...

Malaysia PM and officials give details of passenger manifest and crash
Jul18

Malaysia PM and officials give details of passenger manifest and crash

There were 295 people, including 154 Dutch nationals, on board the Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine on Thursday, an official from the carrier said. …read more Source: The...

Airliner was flying in approved airspace
Jul18

Airliner was flying in approved airspace

When it disappeared from radar, the aircraft was flying at 33,000 feet, just above a 32,000ft ceiling the Ukrainian authorities set on July 14 …read more Source: Financial...

MH17 crash: Aids researchers heading to Melbourne believed among dead
Jul18

MH17 crash: Aids researchers heading to Melbourne believed among dead

Scientists were on route to the 20th international Aids conference, due to start on SundayA number of scientists and researchers heading to a key Aids conference in Melbourne were reportedly on board the Malaysia Airlines plane that has crashed in Ukraine.The scientists were en route to AIDS2014, the 20th international Aids conference. The event,...

Malaysia Airlines crash: UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond comments on flight MH17
Jul18

Malaysia Airlines crash: UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond comments on flight MH17

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond calls for a United Nations-led investigation into what caused a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people to crash in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The...