March 17, 2014 -- Updated 1103 GMT (1903 HKT) Edited by Susannah Cullinane in London

Crimea lawmakers pass a resolution declaring Crimea independent after 96.7% of voters back leaving Ukraine to join Russia. FULL STORY

Investigators searching for clues to unravel the mystery of Flight 370 focus on who could have steered the plane off course -- and what its new course may have been. FULL STORY

MISSING MALAYSIAN AIRLINER
Or not. An Airbus pilot explains other plausible reasons for MH370's disappearance.
CRIMEA FLASHPOINT
Vladimir Putin says Russia will accept the result of Crimea's vote. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
OSCAR PISTORIUS TRIAL
"The attack must be against you, must be against a person, must be unlawful," gun dealer tells court.
NORTH KOREAN CAMPS
An ex-guard describes prison camp horrors, says inmates were "treated like animals."
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