Missile destroys Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine and kills 295 people

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Missile destroys Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine and kills 295 people

Pro-Russia rebels are blamed as airliner comes down in east Ukraine.

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UN meets as world leaders call for global inquiry into MH17 crash

UN Security Council meets amid demands for a independent investigation for fear aircraft debris may be tampered with.

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Malaysia Airlines plane crash: world demands answers from Russia

US criticises Kremlin's arming of rebels and Hillary Clinton says "Putin has gone too far" after 298 die in missile strike.

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Cover-up: Ukraine rebels destroying all links to MH17 air atrocity

UN demands full inquiry but armed Russian separatists block access to crash site amid confusion over black boxes.

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MH17: recording shows Russian colonel and rebels "discussing disaster" - VIDEO

The Security Service of Ukraine has released a recording of what it says are conversations involving a rebel fighter named "Bes", Russian Colonel Vasyl Mykolaiovych Geranin and Cossack military leader Mykola Kozitsyn discussing the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine. The transcript with this video was obtained independently by the Guardian.

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Obama says destruction of MH17 is a "wake-up call" for Europe

Separatists receiving anti-aircraft training "from Russia". President confirms one US citizen among dead.

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Vladimir Putin is given "one last chance" as world fury mounts over flight MH17

Dutch PM describes armed rebels' behaviour in blocking access to crash site as "revolting".

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Furious Dutch prime minister tells Putin to exert his influence

<< "I think the entire Dutch population knows people who directly or indirectly know someone who was on board. There were 80 people under the age of 18, of whom 23 were under the age of 12 and three were babies. It is too terrible for words."

Images of rebels holding up children's toys were "too disgusting for words", Rutte said. Such action is also hindering the investigation into the crash, he said. >>

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MH17 victims put into refrigerated train bound for unknown destination

International monitors arrive in Torez to inspect wagons accompanied by convoy of heavily armed and nervous rebels.

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Jet Wreckage Bears Signs of Impact by Supersonic Missile, Analysis Shows

A piece of wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 that was shot down in eastern Ukraine last week bears telltale marks of small pieces of high-velocity shrapnel that apparently crippled the jet in flight. Riddled with these perforations and buffeted by a blast wave as it flew high above the conflict zone, the plane then most likely sheared apart.

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MH17: US intelligence says Russia "created conditions" for plane disaster

US officials stop short of blaming crash directly on Moscow and say separatists likely shot down plane by accident.

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MH17: Ukraine separatist commander "admits" rebels had Buk missile system

Alexander Khodakovsky reportedly told news agency rebels may have received Buk from Russia, then changes story.

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Why was MH17, a civilian airliner, flying over a war zone?

The news that a passenger jet had been shot down on July 17th, apparently following the bungled targeting of a surface-to-air missile, was met with horror. Along with many other questions about the tragedy, some have wondered what Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was doing flying over eastern Ukraine, which has been the setting of a low-intensity war for several months.

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MH17: Australia and Netherlands join renewed push to secure crash site

Australian police sent to London anticipating access to crash site, while locals are allegedly looting items from wreckage.