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Questions linger, as the train with Boeing crash victims’ bodies is set to depart

July 20, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

After more than two days exposed to the elements in the fields where they met their death, the corpses of

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Russian-backed separatists in possession of flight recorders, seek to hide evidence

July 20, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Militant groups of self-proclaimed Donbas People’s Republic might already be in possession of at least two Malaysia Airlines Boeing’s flight

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Russia-backed separatists hamper international investigation of flight MH17 crash site

July 20, 2014July 22, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

More than two days after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was purportedly shot down by a surface-to-air rocket in war-torn eastern

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Monitors join efforts at Malaysia Airlines crash site

July 18, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has sent about 30 monitors to the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in

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UN Security Council meets as investigation launched into Malaysia Airlines disaster

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the downing on July 18 of a Malaysia

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Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Georgieva calls for objective international investigation into downing of Malaysian aircraft over Ukraine

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Kristalina Georgieva, Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, said on July 18 that she expects an objective international investigation into the bringing down

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Bulgarian President joins calls for ‘immediate and full’ international investigation into downing of MH17 over Ukraine

July 18, 2014July 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has joined calls for an immediate and full international investigation to determine the causes and those

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International demands for clarity on responsibility for downing of Malaysian aircraft over eastern Ukraine

July 18, 2014July 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union is among those demanding clarity on the facts of the downing of Malasyian Airlines Flight MH17 in

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Bulgaria to see Supermoon on July 12, first of three in 2014

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

Bulgaria will join much of the rest of the planet in seeing a Super Moon on July 12 2014, the

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