Crisis News
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Washington -
The United States and Europe targeted Russia's key financial, arms and energy sectors with tough new sanctions in response to Moscow's intervention in the Ukraine crisis.
In the Media
by Jérôme Cartillier (AFP)
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Montreal -
Aviation officials called for better dissemination of flight risks and a UN law restricting anti-aircraft weapons use, at an emergency meeting Tuesday on the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine.
In the Media
by AFP
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Kiev -
When Ukraine's military offensive to oust pro-Russian rebels from the restive east began in mid-April with humiliated soldiers meekly surrendering their armoured vehicles it looked doomed to failure.
In the Media
by Oleksandr Savochenko (AFP)
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The Hague -
Witnesses have uploaded 150 photos and videos to a Dutch police server set up to help piece together the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over east Ukraine, a spokeswoman said.
In the Media
by AFP
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The Hague -
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Tuesday to ask Ukrainian forces to stop fighting around the MH17 crash site, a government spokesman said.
In the Media
by AFP
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Washington -
The United States and Europe targeted Russia's key financial, arms and energy sectors Tuesday with tough new sanctions in response to Moscow's intervention in the Ukraine crisis.
In the Media
by Jérôme Cartillier (AFP)
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Shakht -
Ukraine's army on Monday seized control of part of the vast site where Malaysian airliner MH17 crashed, insurgents said, as the United Nations announced the downing of the plane could constitute a war crime.
In the Media
by Dario Thuburn in Donetsk with Hui Min Neo in Kiev (AFP)
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Donetsk -
The Ukrainian army has seized control of part of the vast crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the east of the country, pro-Russia rebels said on Monday.
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Shakht -
Ukraine's army on Monday seized control of part of the vast site where Malaysian airliner MH17 crashed, insurgents said, as the United Nations announced the downing of the plane could constitute a war crime.
In the Media
by Dario Thuburn in Donetsk with Hui Min Neo in Kiev (AFP)
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Donetsk -
Dutch and Australian police will make a fresh attempt on Monday to reach the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 in insurgent-held east Ukraine, after heavy fighting nearby scuppered their previous effort.
In the Media
by Dario Thuburn in Donetsk with Hui Min Neo in Kiev (AFP)
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Kyiv -
Russia accused the United States of hindering the OSCE's work in Ukraine, as fighting raged around the crash site of flight MH17 and the Netherlands scrapped plans for an armed international mission to secure the area.
In the Media
by Bulent Kilic in Grabove with Dario Thuburn in Donetsk (AFP) - 1 comment
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Donetsk -
Dutch and Australian police who were planning to head to the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 on Sunday have had to scrap their trip over security concerns, a OSCE spokesman said."There is fighting going on. We can't take the risk.
In the Media
by AFP
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Torez -
The first relatives of victims on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived on Saturday at the crash site, as Dutch and Australian forces prepared for possible deployment to secure the location in rebel-held east Ukraine.
In the Media
by Dario Thuburn with Oleksandr Savochenko and Hui Min Neo in Kiev (AFP)
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Sydney -
More than a week after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 came down in rebel-held eastern Ukraine human remains are still at the crash site, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Saturday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Brussels -
Spurred into action by the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the EU put Russia's intelligence chiefs on its sanctions list Saturday as it readied much harsher measures against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.
In the Media
by Bryan McManus (AFP)
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Donetsk -
Visiting a museum may be the last thing on the minds of hardened insurgents in east Ukraine, but a group of them turned up at one in Donetsk -- only to make off with a World War II tank and two howitzers.
In the Media
by AFP
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The Hague -
Sending Western forces to secure the MH17 crash site in rebel-held Ukraine and protect investigators will be a perilous balancing act involving unpredictable separatists and Russian pride, experts said Friday.
In the Media
by Nicolas Delaunay (AFP) - 1 comment
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Kiev -
Ukraine's political circus made an unwelcome return to centre stage as bickering lawmakers struggled Friday to avert a crisis of their own making after Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned in a huff.
In the Media
by Max Delany (AFP)
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Moscow -
Russia on Friday called the latest US accusations of Moscow's involvement in the Ukrainian conflict a baseless "smear campaign" and said Washington bears responsibility for the bloodshed.
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Kiev -
Dutch and Australian authorities put their troops on standby for deployment to secure the rebel-held crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 in east Ukraine, where fighting between the army and separatists Friday claimed over a dozen more lives.
In the Media
by Galina Korba with Dario Thuburn in Grabove (AFP)
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Donetsk -
Ukraine's prime minister resigned after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging the former Soviet state into political limbo as it struggles to quell a deadly rebellion in the east.
In the Media
by Dario Thuburn with Hui Min Neo in Kiev (AFP)
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Washington -
The United States on Thursday said it had evidence Russian forces are firing artillery from inside Russia on Ukrainian troops, in what officials called a "clear escalation" of the conflict.
In the Media
by AFP
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Donetsk -
Fighting between Ukrainian troops and rebels raged Thursday near the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17, as countries which lost 298 citizens in the disaster moved to deploy their police to secure the impact zone.
In the Media
by Dario THUBURN with Hui Min NEO in Kiev (AFP)
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Eindhoven -
The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, as the conflict flared yet again near the Malaysian airliner's crash site.
In the Media
by Nicolas Delauney (AFP)
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Rolling hills, sleepy villages and the crackle of gunfire: the area where two Ukrainian fighter jets were downed on Wednesday is a surreal warzone near the flight MH17 crash site.
In the Media
by Dario Thuburn (AFP)
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London -
Britain and France are trading accusations of hypocrisy over sanctions against Russia in a row that reveals deeper European divisions on how to react to the MH17 disaster, analysts said Wednesday.
In the Media
by Danny Kemp (AFP)
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Moscow -
A British journalist reporting for a Russian television channel from conflict-torn eastern Ukraine went missing on Wednesday, with Moscow alleging he and another journalist were captured by Kiev's troops.
In the Media
by AFP
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Kyiv -
Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down Wednesday in the rebel-held area where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed were hit by missiles fired from Russian soil, Ukraine's military said.
In the Media
by AFP
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The Hague -
Dutch lead investigators into the shooting down over Ukraine of flight MH17 said Wednesday that data from the cockpit voice recorder was intact and had not been tampered with."The cockpit voice recorder was damaged but the memory module was intact.
In the Media
by AFP
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Geneva -
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday that it considered Ukraine to be in a state of civil war, urging both sides to respect the laws of conflict as civilians bear the brunt.
In the Media
by AFP
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katrina R. Menchaca
A U.S. Air Force search and rescue team spots a boat tossed on its side amid residential buildings and other debris in Japan
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A woman being helped off her car in Queensland during the flood
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3.2 million people in Somalia require immediate food assistance. Most were internally displaced people; the rest were affected either by the conflict, by drought and an underlying livelihoods crisis, or both.
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The recent flooding in Pakistan has devastated large areas of the country.
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Trade unions in Belgium believe the Eurobonds can bring relief to the troubled Euro.
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Members of the Fairfax County Urban Fire and Rescue Team head into downtown Ofunato to search for survivors following an 8.9-magnitude earthquake, in March 2011
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Flooding in a Queensland city
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katrina R. Menchaca
U.S. Air Force search and rescue personnel observe a universal distress sign on a coastal roadway in northeastern Japan
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