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Joint teams screen and tag bodies

Routine procedure: Family members of the crash victims leaving the briefing room at the Marriott Hotel in Putrajaya while waiting to give their DNA samples.

‘Our lives turned upside down in a day’

Malaysian plans to build school in South Africa

Beacon of hope: Liew posing for a photograph with the children of Winterveldt village.

Malaysian personnel to help transfer remains

KIEV: Malaysia has sent 18 Disaster Victim Identification personnel to Kharkiv, Ukraine, to assist in sending the remains of the MH17 victims to the Netherlands, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

World media commend PM for brokering deal with separatists

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s successful brokering of a deal, which saw the Ukrainian separatists handing over the black boxes and remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 victims, came in for praise from the international media.

Avenues for justice for MH17

Close inspection: A Malaysian expert sifting through the debris at the main crash site of MH17, which crashed flying over the eastern Ukraine region, near Grabovo, some 100km east from Donetsk, Ukraine. - EPA

Suspects can be tried under the principle of universal jurisdiction and if it can be shown that a government was responsible, via the principles of state responsibility, they too can be held accountable.

PAS firm against PKR’s move to replace sitting Selangor MB

PETALING JAYA: Selangor PAS is firm against PKR’s decision to replace sitting Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.

PLUS patrol members trained to respond quickly to accidents

PETALING JAYA: More than 200 PLUS patrol members have been trained on first aid to attend to accident victims over the coming festive period.

Nation

Fine and community work for Kiki

Day in court: Kiki leaving after her sentencing.

KUANTAN: Siti Fairrah Ashykin Kamaruddin, 30, better known as Kiki, has learnt the virtue of patience.

Smarter way to plan your ‘balik kampung’ trips

PETALING JAYA: Motorists can plan their balik kampung journeys better with the TravelSmarter website.

Regional

SMRT fined RM4mil over service disruptions

SMRT was yesterday hit with a S$1.6mil (RM4mil) fine by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), over four train service disruptions

Xi to bolster trade with Cuba

HAVANA: Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Cuba, officials said, the last stop on a Latin American tour that has stressed trade and aid more than ideology.

World

Peru's Humala lifts party activists in cabinet shake-up

Peru's President Ollanta Humala (L) greets new Prime Minister Rene Cornejo during the swearing-in ceremony of new members of his cabinet at the government palace in Lima Febraury 24, 2014. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Ollanta Humala named his sixth prime minister in three years on Tuesday in a surprise cabinet reshuffle that elevated two core members of his ruling party after an embarrassing political scandal.

Indonesian president-elect Jokowi calls for unity after bitter election

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo sits on a bench while waiting for the announcement of the results from the Elections Commission at Waduk Pluit in Jakarta July 22, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was declared the winner of Indonesia's presidential election on Tuesday, bringing the promise of major reforms to the world's third-largest democracy.

Community

Traders’ fears set aside

Expressing thankfulness: Traders hold posters of gratitude to CM for solving the problem .

MALACCA: The iconic Jonker Walk’s 13 months stalemate is expected to be history soon following a surprise response from Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron.

Environment

Custodians of nature

Green turtle hatchlings emerging from a nest. - Photo from Lang Tengah Turtle Watch

What do you do when you have a piece of coastal land that draws nesting turtles? You could build a sprawling resort and make a lot of money. Or you could start a project to protect the turtles. Meet three people who opted for the latter.

Education

Young storyteller creates record

Sad tale: Alea A 'wheelchair' was part of Alea's costume when she narrated the story of a handicapped child, bullied by her stepmother.

I did it! A proud Alea shows off her framed certificate.

ALEA Yang Ni has earned a spot in the Malaysia Book of Records as the youngest person to win the National Storytelling Competition in Bahasa Malaysia organised by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP).

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