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Thai satellite spots 300 objects in Indian Ocean

Thursday, 27 March 2014, 11:20 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A Thai satellite has detected about 300 objects floating in the Indian Ocean near the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner, officials said Thursday.   Anond Snidvongs,...

Search for plane suspended due to bad weather

Thursday, 27 March 2014, 06:28 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

 Search operations for possible debris from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane were suspended Thursday due to bad weather, Australian officials said, after the latest satellite images revealed...

US mudslide searchers press on with dogs, hands

Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 18:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Rescuers using small bulldozers and their bare hands pushed through sludge strewn with splintered homes and twisted cars to find 10 more bodies in the debris of a Washington state mudslide,...

Pope replaces German 'bling bishop' after inquiry

Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 13:46 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Pope Francis on Wednesday permanently removed a German bishop from his Limburg diocese after his 31 million-euro ($43-million) new residence complex caused an uproar among the...

Russia: Ukraine bars crews from leaving aircraft

Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 11:38 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Russia accused Ukrainian officials on Wednesday of barring Russian commercial airline crews from going outside their planes in Ukrainian airports. Ukraine denied the...

Hunt for Flight 370 resumes in calmer seas

Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 06:34 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

As frustration was setting in, calmer seas returned Wednesday and the search for the remains of Flight 370 began anew in remote waters of the Indian Ocean off western Australia.   Gale-force...

Satellite clue ends wild theories, hope for MH370

Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 17:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Over an extraordinary 17 days and nights, until the moment Malaysia's prime minister stepped to a lectern to deliver investigators' sobering new findings, the fate of vanished Flight 370 hung...

Chinese relatives of passengers protest at embassy

Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 10:21 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Furious that Malaysia has declared their loved ones lost in a plane crash without physical evidence, Chinese relatives of the missing marched Tuesday to the Malaysian Embassy, where they threw plastic...

Race is on to find Malaysia airliner's black boxes

Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 06:23 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Time is running out to find the crucial keys that could solve the mystery of how and why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down.   After the excruciating 17-day wait for confirmation that...

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