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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: What happened before the plane was shot down
Full Article The Australian
18 Jul 2014

AVIATION experts and weapons analysts have shed more light on what happened on-board Flight MH17 before it was shot down. The flight, on a Boeing 777-200, was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Passengers left Amsterdam at 12.15pm (local time) in the afternoon, and were due to touch down in Kuala Lumpur the next day at 6.10am local time....

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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: What happened before the plane was shot down
photo: AP / Joe Pries

updated 17 Mar 2014; published 17 Mar 2014
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What REALLY Happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370!
updated 25 Mar 2014; published 25 Mar 2014
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The Disappearance Of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370)
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
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Anonymous - The real reason why the Malaysian Airline MH 370 disappeared
updated 20 Mar 2014; published 20 Mar 2014
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[FULL] Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 debris FOUND near Australia Waters
updated 13 Mar 2014; published 13 Mar 2014
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Malaysia Airlines Flight Missing! False Information, What Really Happened? (Flight MH-370)
updated 13 Mar 2014; published 13 Mar 2014
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Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 FOUND By Chinese Satellite - FULL VIDEO
Rescuers comb scene of Malaysian plane crash
Full Article STL Today
18 Jul 2014

ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) — A Malaysian jetliner shot from the sky by what U.S. intelligence officials believe was a surface-to-air missile scattered wreckage and bodies across the Ukrainian countryside, leaving investigators scrambling Friday to figure out what happened as rescue workers, policemen and even coal miners combed the crash site. For the...

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People inspect the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.
photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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Burning Wreckage, Dozens of Bodies at Scene of Malaysia Plane Crash in Ukraine
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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'Scene from hell' after Malaysian jet crash in Ukraine - BBC News
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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Malaysia Airlines Plane Crash in Ukraine MH17 Flight Shot Down (17 July 2014)
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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[RAW Footage] Malaysia Airlines Plane Shot Down And Crashes in Ukraine (В Торезе сбили самолет)
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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07/17 SCENE CRASH UKRAINE MALAYSIA AIRLINES SHOOTDOWN RUSSIA
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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RAW BREAKING NEWS :MH 17 Malaysian Plane Crash POSSIBLY shot by russian : found bodies scattered
20 killed as Israeli troops push into Gaza
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
18 Jul 2014

JERUSALEM (AP) — Nearly 20 Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed as troops clashed with militants in Gaza on Friday after Israel launched a ground operation aimed at destroying tunnels and halting rocket fire by the enclave's Hamas rulers. Israel intensified its 11-day campaign against Hamas by sending in tanks and troops late...

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Palestinians inspect the building of the
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

updated 15 Jul 2014; published 15 Jul 2014
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RAW: Israel Hamas ATTACKS Gaza Palestine Fire Rocket | Palestinian 2014!!!
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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Hamas fire 800 Missiles from gaza to Israel to kill Israeli soldiers
updated 30 Mar 2010; published 30 Mar 2010
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Teen boy killed as Israeli forces fire at Gaza protesters.
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian on the Gaza border
updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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Israeli Military Masses Troops Along Gaza Border
updated 13 Jul 2014; published 13 Jul 2014
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Israel Hits Gaza Security HQ; Death Toll Hits 159
Israel launches ground offensive in Gaza Strip
Full Article Swissinfo
18 Jul 2014

Politics Conflict Print this story Jul 18, 2014 - 02:33 By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel launched a Gaza ground campaign after 10 days of bombardments from the air and sea failed to stop militants' rocket attacks, stepping up an offensive that already has taken a heavy...

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A Palestinians inspect is the aftermath of an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on June 15, 2014. Israeli war jets on Saturday night carried out a series of intensive and successive airstrikes on various military targets in southern, central and northern Gaza Strip. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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Israel Invades Gaza Israel Ground Troops Gaza Invasion | Israeli Ground Offensive Gaza Strip
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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Israel starts Gaza ground offensive
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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Raw: Israeli Ground Offensive in Gaza Strip
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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Israel starts ground offensive in Gaza
updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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Israel launches ground operation in the Gaza Strip Israel's military ground offensive in Gaza
updated 18 Jul 2014; published 18 Jul 2014
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Psalm 83 : The Israeli Ground Offensive into Gaza has begun by Air Land and Sea (Jul 17, 2014)
All 295 On Board Dead
Full Article Huffington Post
17 Jul 2014

br>By Anton Zverev GRABOVO, Ukraine, July 17 (Reuters) - A Malaysian airliner was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. Ukraine accused "terrorists" - militants fighting to unite...

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People walk amongst the debris, at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014
photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

updated 17 Jul 2014; published 17 Jul 2014
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Russian shares fall after new sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine
updated 04 Apr 2014; published 04 Apr 2014
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Western Ukraine Residents Boycott Russian Goods
updated 28 Feb 2014; published 28 Feb 2014
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Drilling Deeper: West slams Russian exercises, glossing over NATO's war games
updated 15 Mar 2014; published 15 Mar 2014
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Russian companies withdraw billions from west, say Moscow banker 3-14-14
updated 04 Mar 2014; published 04 Mar 2014
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Russia's envoy to UN defends Moscow actions in Ukraine
updated 03 Mar 2014; published 03 Mar 2014
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'West ignited Ukraine's fire, now wants to pin crisis on us' - Russian Senator

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Business Insider
See Also Israeli ground troops are moving into Gaza. From a purely tactical and short-term view, it makes sense. From a strategic and medium-to-long-term view, it’s crazy....
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BBC News
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced the latest US sanctions against his country, saying they will damage relations and hurt businesses from both countries. The president...
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CounterPunch
The political embarrassments for President Barack Obama from the intelligence community, particularly the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, continue to...

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a news conference at Rome's Chigi Palace premier office, Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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An appeals court in Italy has overturned the conviction of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges that he paid for sex with an underage prostitute and then abused his power to cover-up the crime. The Milan...
photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca
Rape, hunger and nameless kids at squalid children's home in Mexico
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ZAMORA Mexico (Reuters) - Children in a squalid home for abandoned and troubled kids run by a controversial mother figure in western Mexico said hunger and regular beatings drove them to offer sex for food and get high by sniffing paint. Mexican...
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
Two names in the odds for the EU Commission’s foreign policy head
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In Brussels, no answer on who will be the EU Commission’s foreign policy head. Two names are drifting in the odds: Italy’s Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini — too soft on Russia — and Poland’s FM Radek Sikorski — too hard. If only David Cameron had...
photo: European Community / EC
US cautions Israel on civilian casualties as ground invasion continues
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White House calls on Israel to restrict itself to 'precise operation' in Gaza while stressing its right to defend itself John Kerry emphasised the need to 'avoid further escalation and to restore the 2012 ceasefire as soon as possible'. Photograph:...
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UN Security Council Tells Libyan Parties To Stop Fighting, Make Democratic Transition
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UNITED NATIONS, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - After the UN pulled its international staff out of Libya, the UN Security Council issued a statement condemning “the recent violence in Libya, including the fighting around Tripoli International...
photo: UN / Mark Garten
UN Security Council sets urgent meeting on Ukraine
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Friday morning on Ukraine. Britain's U.N. Mission said Thursday it requested the meeting and later tweeted that it is set for 10 a.m. Friday. The request follows...
photo: UN / Mark Garten
Boeing 737-200 of MAS at Brunei International Airport in 1987.Malaysian Airline System took all domestic routes within Malaysia and international routes out of that country, as well as the remaining fleet of Fokker F27's. It began flights on 1 October 1972.
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18 July 2014, 5:47 Plane Disaster Could Be A Game Changer Tweet If Russia in any way had a hand in flight MH17's fate, calls for Western governments to intensify their response to the crisis will be loud. The terrible tragedy could be a game changer....
photo: Creative Commons / Rolf Wallner