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    Malaysia Flight MH17: Dozens of AIDS researchers among the dead
    Jul18

    Malaysia Flight MH17: Dozens of AIDS researchers among the dead

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    Investigators say that 100 or so AIDS researchers traveling to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne may be among the dead in the aircraft that was shot down over Ukraine. “There’s been confirmed a number of senior people who were coming out here who were researchers, who were medical … …read more Source: The...

    Putin Calls For Peace in Ukraine After Plane Crash
    Jul18

    Putin Calls For Peace in Ukraine After Plane Crash

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    MOSCOW— Russian President Vladimir Putin says all parties in the conflict in eastern Ukraine should lay down the arms and engage in talks as soon as possible after a commercial airliner was shot down. Putin said on Friday in comments carried by Russian news agencies that “peace in Ukraine must prevail as soon as possible” and...

    Top AIDS Researchers Believed Killed in Malaysia Air Crash
    Jul18

    Top AIDS Researchers Believed Killed in Malaysia Air Crash

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The international medical community is mourning the sudden deaths of as many as 100 AIDS researchers and experts who were headed to a high-level AIDS conference in Australia. They were among 298 passengers aboard a Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in volatile eastern Ukraine. Australia’s prime minister has blamed pro-Russian forces for...

    All walks of life among Malaysia plane passengers
    Jul18

    All walks of life among Malaysia plane passengers

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International passengers from all walks of life, from a prominent AIDS researcher and soccer fans to a nun and a florist, were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.The Boeing 777 was carrying 298 people when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday in eastern Ukraine, sending shockwaves around the world from...

    Here Are The Nationalities Of The Victims Of Downed Malaysia Plane MH17
    Jul18

    Here Are The Nationalities Of The Victims Of Downed Malaysia Plane MH17

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all of the 298 passengers and crew on board. The plane, which was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was carrying primarily Dutch citizens, as well those from nine other countries. While it was originally reported that 23 Americans were on board, that...

    Putin Calls for Cease-fire in East Ukraine
    Jul18

    Putin Calls for Cease-fire in East Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for a cease-fire by pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces fighting in eastern Ukraine to allow for negotiations. Putin said he was in contact with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko after a Boeing 777 passenger airliner came down in an area under rebel control, killing all 298...

    AIDS conference attendees on downed Malaysian jet
    Jul18

    AIDS conference attendees on downed Malaysian jet

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    SYDNEY (AP) — World-renowned AIDS researchers and activists heading to an AIDS conference in Australia were on the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine, officials said Friday, news that sparked an outpouring of grief across the global scientific community. Unconfirmed reports said up to 100 passengers were going to the Victoria state...

    Fidel Castro: Ukraine to blame for downed airliner
    Jul18

    Fidel Castro: Ukraine to blame for downed airliner

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro is blaming the Ukrainian government in Kiev for the downing of a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane. …read more Source: Miami...

    Kyiv Releases Audio Evidence That Donetsk Militants Got Antiaircraft Weapons From Russia
    Jul18

    Kyiv Releases Audio Evidence That Donetsk Militants Got Antiaircraft Weapons From Russia

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukraine’s Security Service has released more audio of purported conversations among militants in eastern Ukraine that Kyiv believes proves they received powerful Buk-M antiaircraft weapons and the crews to man them from Russia on July 14. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: 2 Dogs Aboard Airplane
    Jul18

    Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: 2 Dogs Aboard Airplane

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    In addition to the 298 people aboard the Malaysian Airlines jet that crashed Thursday in eastern Ukraine, two dogs were also aboard the flight, according to the cargo manifest for the flight made public Friday. MH017 – Cargo Manifest 1 The Kuala Lumpur-bound Flight MH17 crashed Thursday evening in a part of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian...