News Headlines - 19 March 2014

▽BBC News - Ukraine 'preparing withdrawal of troops from Crimea'

Ukraine is drawing up plans to withdraw its soldiers and their families from Crimea, Kiev's security chief says.
Andriy Parubiy said they wanted to move them "quickly and efficiently" to mainland Ukraine.

▽Flight simulator data sought in search for Malaysia aircraft - The Irish Times

Authorities in Sepang said yesterday that they were trying to recover data deleted from a flight simulator custom-built by the pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, whose actions, along with those of his first officer, have fallen under growing scrutiny.

▽As Iran’s New Year looms, economy continues to struggle - The Washington Post

As the Iranian year draws to a close, leaders here are attempting to manage the expectations of a public that has seen few signs of the economic improvement promised by President Hassan Rouhani when he took office in August.

▽Madeleine Police Appeal Over Abuse Suspect

Police searching for Madeleine McCann have launched a search for a man who abused children in holiday homes in Portugal.
Officers from Operation Grange have identified a series of 12 crimes between 2004 and 2010 where a male intruder entered villas occupied by UK families on holiday in the Western Algarve.
In four of these incidents - between 2004 and 2006 - the man sexually assaulted five white girls, aged between seven and 10, while in their beds.

▽BBC News - Japan drags down global music market

A sharp decline in music consumption in Japan caused overall global growth to slow down in 2013, according to figures from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
The 16.7% slump in Japanese sales caused world figures to slide by 3.9%.