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In Israel, Parliament
votes 65 to 1 for
legislation that ends
exemptions for ultra-
Orthodox Jewish
seminary students
from military service,
following protests
by hundreds of
thousands.
The last day of the
Future Music Festival
Asia, held at National
Stadium, Bukit Jalil,
is cancelled after five
people died from drug
overdose.
Police search the
homes of pilot Capt
Zaharie Ahmad Shah
and co-pilot Fariq
Abdul Hamid of the
missing Malaysia
Airlines flight MH370
in Shah Alam,
Selangor.
Police seize flight
simulator from the
home of Capt Zaharie
and reassemble it to
study its data.
MH370 missing
(Day 12): Malaysia
requests the US
Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI)
to help recover
data deleted from
a flight simulator at
the home of Capt
Zaharie.
MH370 missing (Day 15): Search
focuses on an area 3,000km
southwest of Perth, Western
Australia.
Kajang by-
election: Parti
Keadilan Rakyat
(PKR) candidate
Datuk Seri Dr
Wan Azizah
Wan Ismail wins,
beating Barisan
Nasional (BN)
candidate Datin
Paduka Chew Mei
Fun with reduced
majority of 5,379
votes.
12
REWIND2014 MALAY MAIL Friday December 5, 2014
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Pu-
tin dispatches troops to Crimea,
citing the need to protect Russians
from extremist ultranationalists,
referring to the anti-government
protesters in Kiev.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Ar-
seniy Yatsenyuk warns Russia that
a continued military intervention
will mean war between the neigh-
bouring countries.
The White House says President
Barack Obama held a 90-minute
phone conversation with Putin, in
which he expressed deep concern
for what the United States calls a
clear violation of Ukrainian sover-
eignty and international law.
According to Russian news
agencies, Putin told Obama that
Moscow reserves the right to
protect Russian speakers if there
is violence in Crimea or eastern
Ukraine.
Russian troops enter Crimea
Heavily-armed soldiers without any insignia
guard the Crimean Parliament building
shortly after taking up positions in Simferopol,
Ukraine on March 1. — Picture by Getty
Residents in Simferopol go about
their daily routine despite the
presence of armed soldiers in the
city centre. — Picture by Getty
A soldier, purportedly
Russian, stands
guard at the Crimean
Parliament building in
Simferopol, Ukraine.
— Picture by Getty
Compiled by Faizal Nor Izham
