MH 17 - updates

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Final MH17 report due October 13 – Dutch investigators

Aug 27, 2015 - 10:24 PM

The Netherlands is leading teams of international investigators to retrieve body parts probe the cause of the incident and eventually prosecute those responsible

Russia vetoes UN resolution on MH17 tribunal

Jul 30, 2015 - 9:13 AM

Its ambassador Vitaly Churkin launches into a lengthy defense of Russia s actions dishing the blame onto others

INVESTIGATION. Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of debris of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane, near the village of Grabove, 100 km from Donetsk, Ukraine, August 1, 2014. File Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA

Malaysia Airlines 'technically bankrupt', new CEO says

Jun 01, 2015 - 2:05 PM

2nd UPDATE Malaysia Airlines sends termination letters to all of its roughly 20 000 employees followed by new contracts offered to 14 000 of them – trimming around 6 000 jobs

Malaysia Airlines planes are seen at departure gates at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang on March 8, 2015. Mohd Rasfan/AFP

Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over – Dutch team

May 01, 2015 - 12:14 AM

A final flight with seven coffins filled with human remains will arrive in the Netherlands on Saturday May 1

'Many' human remains found at MH17 crash site – Dutch

Apr 22, 2015 - 7:08 PM

Investigators also recover around 50 cubic metres around 1 750 cubic feet of plane wreckage as well as personal effects including jewellery passports and photographs

In this file photo, people carry a stretcher with a body bag past debris of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed while flying over eastern Ukraine, at the crash site near Donetsk, Ukraine, July 19, 2014. Anastacia Vlasova/EPA

Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe

Mar 31, 2015 - 9:04 AM

Dutch public prosecutor s office: investigators are looking for witnesses who can tell more about the transport crew and launch of a BUK rocket in the area in the days before and after the crash

CLOSER LOOK. Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of debris of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane, near the village of Grabove, 100 km from Donetsk, Ukraine, 01 August 2014. Igor Kovalenko/EPA

2014 in Moods

Jan 04, 2015 - 11:47 AM

4 moods dominated 2014 as seen from your votes on the mood meter

MH17 wreckage due in Netherlands on December 9

Dec 08, 2014 - 7:29 PM

The convoy of lorries carrying pieces of wreckage from Ukraine is due to arrive at the Gilze Rijen airbase

CLOSER LOOK. Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of debris of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane, near the village of Grabove, 100 km from Donetsk, Ukraine, 01 August 2014. Igor Kovalenko/EPA

Dutch complete MH17 wreckage recovery in Ukraine

Nov 23, 2014 - 9:02 PM

Dutch experts charged with body part recovery and also leading the probe into the July 17 crash that killed all 298 people on board are to reconstruct parts of the doomed Boeing 777 in the Netherlands as part of their investigation

CLOSER LOOK. Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of debris of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane, near the village of Grabove, 100 km from Donetsk, Ukraine, 01 August 2014. Igor Kovalenko/EPA

EU hits Russian intelligence chiefs with sanctions

Jul 26, 2014 - 7:16 PM

The director of the FSB security service Alexander Bortnikov and the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov are on the new list of 15 people and 18 entities targeted by an asset freeze and visa bans

SANCTIONS. A file photograph showing Russian Head of Russian Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov attending a meeting with the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Mocow, Russia, on January 2011. The EU is increasing sanctions after Russia has allegedly failed to stop the 'flow of arms, equipment and militants across the border into Ukraine following the shooting down of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. Photo by Vladimir Rodionov/ RIA Novosti/ EPA

Putin must push separatists to aid MH17 probe – Obama

Jul 22, 2014 - 12:30 AM

Our friends and allies need to be able to recover those who were lost That s the least we can do That s the least that decency demands Obama says in a statement

TALKING UKRAINE. US President Barack Obama makes a statement on the situation in Ukraine at The White House in Washington, DC, USA, 21 July 2014. Shawn Thew/EPA