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  • Tragic loss of life must be impartially investigated

    Date: 2014-07-19 14:30:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:82 - ID:835215

    LONDON, July 19 (MENA) - The death of nearly 300 people on board a Malaysian Airlines civilian passenger jet, which came down on Thursday in an area of intense conflict in eastern Ukraine, must be immediately, impartially and effectively ....

  • Ukrainian officials accuse rebel militias of moving bodies, tampering with evidence

    Date: 2014-07-19 13:44:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:835120

    WASHINGTON, July 19 (MENA) - Ukrainian officials on Saturday accused the rebel militias that they blame for the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet of moving bodies and tampering with evidence, steps that could make determining the exact ....

  • Malaysia will ensure no irrelevant quarters take control Of MH17 black boxes

    Date: 2014-07-19 13:33:01 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:73 - ID:835199

    KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 (MENA) - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today said that Malaysia, as the owner of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, will ensure that the plane's black boxes will not be under the control of any irrelevant ....

  • 2 killed, 11 injured in Khuzdar blast

    Date: 2014-07-19 13:31:21 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:71 - ID:835201

    ISLAMABAD, July 19 (MENA) - At least two people were killed and 11 injured in a suicide blast on Jinnah Road in the Pakistani Khuzdar district on Saturday, the Pakistani Geo News reported. Police sources said the target of the blast was a ....

  • Malaysian transport min. urges access to national plan crash site

    Date: 2014-07-19 13:11:25 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:68 - ID:835129

    KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 (MENA) - Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong-Lai urged Ukrainian authorities to allow his country's experts to the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane, the BBC reported. Speaking in Kuala Lumpur, Lai said it would be ....

  • Ukraine calls Malaysia flight disaster 'act of terrorism'

    Date: 2014-07-19 13:06:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:834995

    MOSCOW, July 19 (MENA) - Ukraine's government has called Thursday's Malaysian flight disaster an "act of terrorism" and released what they say are intercepted phone conversations that proved the plane was shot down by separatists. Ukrainian ....

  • Taliban predicts victory for Ghani in Afghan election

    Date: 2014-07-19 12:36:24 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:61 - ID:835076

    KABUL, July 19 (MENA) – The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan predicts that Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai will be declared winner in presidential election, the Khaama Press reported. Taliban group following a statement claimed that Washington has made ....

  • Daily Beast: Putin poised to retaliate against Obama by trashing Iran deal

    Date: 2014-07-19 11:35:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:834958

    WASHINGTON, July 19 (MENA) - Now that the US-Russia relationship has broken down, Moscow could throw a wrench into the teetering nuclear negotiations with Iran, the Daily Beast website reported. The escalating tensions between Washington and ....

  • British investigators to join probe into Malaysian plane crash

    Date: 2014-07-19 11:32:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:834915

    LONDON, July 19 (MENA) - Experts from the UK will arrive in Kiev on Saturday to assist a Ukrainian-led investigation into how Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was brought down, said the spokeswoman of the British cabinet. In statements to MENA ....

  • MH17 disaster creates dilemma for Putin over backing Ukraine's rebels

    Date: 2014-07-19 11:25:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:834906

    LONDON, July 19 (MENA) - The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 has confronted Vladimir Putin with a dilemma he had sought to avoid: to continue to support the separatist insurgency in Ukraine in the face of a storm of international ....

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