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Seychelles debris not from MH370

Two pieces of debris found in the Seychelles on Thursday are not from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, missing since 2014. Seychelles authorities alerted Malaysia to the find on Thursday after the debris was discovered by research scientists. Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation said in a statement that after information including photographs was shared with them, the debris was assessed not to be from a Boeing 777 or Rolls-Royce engine. MH370 disappeared in March 2014 with 239 passengers and crew onboard on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Investigators believe the plane was deliberately flown thousands of miles off course before crashing into the Indian Ocean off Australia.<br/>

Australia says MH17 perpetrators may be tried in absentia

The perpetrators who brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014, killing all 298 aboard, may be tried in absentia, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Sunday. Most of those on board the Boeing 777 were Dutch, but others came from 17 countries, including 38 Australians. It was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile over eastern Ukrainian territory held by pro-Russia separatists, the Dutch Safety Board concluded in 2015. Late in June, the Netherlands said suspects in the case would be tried in a Dutch court, and under Dutch law. Bishop said "every legal avenue" was being pursued, and urged Russia to comply with UN Security Council resolution 2166, authored by Australia. "That calls on all states to cooperate to ensure that those responsible for the killing are brought to justice," she told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "It may be that there will have be to a trial in absentia," Bishop added. A foreign ministry spokeswoman was unable to provide additional details.<br/>

US: Ann Coulter criticises Delta

Back when nearly everyone else on the planet seemed outraged at United over the violent de-seating of a paying passenger, Ann Coulter, as she so often does, shared her own unique take. "Sorry about the dragging," she wrote in April. "But convicted pill-mill doctor should be deported." The bloodied passenger had a criminal history and immigrated from Vietnam. But so much for Coulter's nuanced take on air travel. On Saturday, she declared "the worst airline in America" to be not United, but Delta — which allegedly committed the offense of de-seating Ann Coulter. Coulter didn't just slam Delta for moving her from her "PRE-BOOKED seat" with extra leg room. She documented the experience in photos and tweet after tweet, which she shared with her 1.6m followers. And she even took a photo of the woman who "waltz[ed in] at the last min" and took her seat, even though she is not "elderly, child or sick," nor "an air marshal or tall person." Also pictured are two other passengers staring at Coulter — perhaps wondering what will happen now that they have been photographed by a best-selling author and unpredictable commentator. A Delta spokesman told the Associated Press that the airline was reaching out to Coulter.<br/>