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Dutch repatriation ceremony honours more MH17 victims
The remains of 74 more people who died when Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 returned to the Netherlands on Friday as the Australian and Dutch governments pushed to secure the site where the Malaysian Airlines was downed in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Australia readies 90 police to secure Malaysian jet crash site
Australia is close to finalizing a deal with Ukraine to send police and a small number of troops to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a multinational team, the Australian prime minister said Friday. …read more Source:...
CNN freelance journalist abducted in Ukraine, U.S. network confirms
A Ukrainian journalist working as a fixer for the U.S. news network CNN was abducted by pro-Russia separatists in Eastern Ukraine two days ago, CNN reports. …read more Source:...
More MH17 victims repatriated at Netherlands ceremony
Dignitaries in the Netherlands gathered for another solemn moment of silence at Eindhoven airfield on Thursday as the remains of 51 more Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 victims were returned to Dutch soil. …read more Source:...
More MH17 victims repatriated at Netherlands ceremony
Two military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster departed for the Netherlands Thursday. …read more Source:...
2 planes with more Malaysia jet victims to leave Ukraine
Containers holding remains of victims of the Malaysia jet crash were loaded aboard two military transports to go to the Netherlands Thursday on the second day of the airlift, while Australia dispatched 50 police officers to prepare to join a proposed UN team to secure the crash site. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebel commander says separatists had surface-to-air missile system
A powerful Ukrainian rebel leader has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had an anti-aircraft missile of the type Washington says was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and it could have originated in Russia. …read more Source:...
Flight MH17’s cockpit voice recorder ‘in good condition’
The cockpit voice recorder of the Malaysian airliner downed over Ukraine is in good condition, the UN civil aviation body said on Wednesday, adding that it was holding talks with airlines and states on how to assess the danger posed by conflicts. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebels say they shot down 2 Ukrainian fighter jets
Kyiv said two of its fighter jets were shot down over the rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, and the missiles that brought them down might have been fired from Russia. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebels shoot down 2 Ukrainian fighter jets
Pro-Russian rebels have shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military operations said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
