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GRAPHIC: Malaysian passenger plane shot down over eastern Ukraine; scores dead

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Hrabove - 17 July 2014

1. Burning wreckage of plane with people walking in the background

2. ++GRAPHIC - CONTAINS SHOT OF DEAD BODY++ Wreckage of the plane with dead body lying in the grass

GRAPHIC: Wreckage of the Malaysian plane; bodies scattered across the ground

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Hrabove - 17 July 2014

3. Wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in field in Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, smoke and flames rising from pieces of plane

4. ++GRAPHIC++ Human bodies strewn amongst charred wreckage of plane as debris smokes

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Hrabove - 17 July 2014

5. STILL: Man in uniform gesturing while standing in debris

GRAPHIC: AP cover wreckage of the plane that was shot down over eastern Ukraine

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Hrabove- 17 July 2014

6. Wide of debris still smoking and on fire

7. debris still smouldering and on fire in places

Flowers and messages left at Schiphol Airport for passengers for downed plane

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Schiphol Airport - 20 July 2014

8. Zoom in to woman laying flowers

Crane lifts sections of plane wreckage as serach of crash site continues

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Hrabove - 21 July 2014

9. A crane lifting pieces of plane wreckage

Train departs carrying bodies of crash victims in refrigerated carriages

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Torez - 21 July 2014

10. A pile of luggage on the station platform

11. The train pulling away from the station

Separatist leader hands over black boxes to Malaysia officials

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Donetsk - 22 July 2014

12. Mid of Malaysian official inspecting first black box and placing it in a bag

13. Close of black boxes, pull out to Sakri and rebel official shaking hands

Scuffles break out in parliament as MPs discuss Malaysian plane crash; minute of silence

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Kiev - 22 July 2014

14. Various of lawmakers pushing each other

OSCE mission inspects another site scattered with debris from plane crash

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Petropavlivka - 23 July 2014

15. Wide of OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) inspectors

convoy at side of field

Planes carrying 38 MH17 coffins arrive to the Netherlands in a solemn ceremony

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Eindhoven - 26 July 2014

16. Various of military carrying a coffin

STORYLINE:

An Associated Press journalist has counted at least 22 bodies at the wreckage site of a passenger plane that was shot down on July 17th 2014 as it flew over the country.

Both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane.

The plane appeared to have broken up before impact and the burning wreckage - which included body parts and the belongings of passengers - was scattered over a wide area.

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Dead bodies of passengers were visible amongst the smouldering wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 17th after the plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine.

Both the Ukrainian government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the aircraft, which was carrying 295 people.

As plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village of Hrabove, an Associated Press journalist counted at least 22 bodies at the wreckage site 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Russian border.

The Boeing 777-200ER plane, travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, appeared to have broken up before impact and the burning wreckage, which included body parts and the belongings of passengers, was scattered over a wide area.

Men in army fatigues, believed to be pro-Russia separatists, were seen at the crash site.

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A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17th, Ukrainian officials said.

The Boeing 777-200ER plane, travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, appeared to have broken up before impact and the burning wreckage, which included body parts and the belongings of passengers, was scattered over a wide area.

Both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the aircraft.

The village is under the control of pro-Russia separatists and the area has seen severe fighting between the two sides in recent days.

A Russian news report said pro-Russia rebels intend to call a three-day cease-fire to allow for an investigation into the crash and recovery efforts.

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Flowers were laid outside Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands on July 20th to commemorate the victims of the downed flight MH17.

KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) flight attendants and members of the public also left messages in a book of condolences just outside the airport.

Airline employees are starting to wonder how safe it is to fly over crisis zones.

"We always assume that everything is safe but apparently it is not, so that is another reason to be wondering what happened here," said Boris Tester, a purser for KLM.

The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Saturday he had an "extremely intense" telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which he urged him to use his influence over separatist rebels in Ukraine to ensure they do not hinder efforts to investigate the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

The plane crashed on July 17th, killing all 298 passengers and crew, most of them Dutch citizens.

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A crane at the crash scene moved big chunks of the Boeing 777 on Monday while emergency workers retrieved more bodies in the sprawling fields of eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed, killing all 298 people aboard.

By early July 21st, local emergency workers had piled at least 21 black body bags by the side of the road in Hrabove.

That brought the total found to 272 of the 298 passengers and crew killed in the tragedy, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The bodies were being sent to the refrigerated railcars in the nearby town of Torez, where the other bodies are being kept.

A train engineer told The Associated Press that the cars' refrigeration had been off overnight and it was not immediately clear why. The cooling system was back up and running early July 21st, he said.

The shambolic attempts to investigate by the pro-Russia separatists who control the verdant farmland where pieces of the plane crashed have fanned widespread international outrage, especially from the nations whose citizens were on the doomed plane.

Four days after the jetliner was shot out of the sky, international investigators still had only limited access to the crash site in eastern Ukraine.

The the UN Security Council is expected to vote today on an Australia-proposed resolution demanding international access to the crash site and a cease-fire around the area.

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A refrigerated train bearing the bodies of many of the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane disaster pulled away on July 21st from a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine.

The train left from Torez, 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the crash site.

An Associated Press reporter overheard armed separatists saying it was heading for the rebel-held town of Ilovaysk.

There was no official confirmation of that destination from the rebels.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that the remains of 282 of the crash victims are being moved by train to Kharkiv, where they will be handed over to Dutch authorities.

From there, he said, they will be flown to Amsterdam on a Dutch C130 Hercules military plane and handed over to Dutch authorities.

Razak said the leader of the pro-Russian rebels has agreed to hand over both black boxes from Flight 17 to Malaysian investigators who are in Ukraine.

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A Ukrainian separatist leader handed over black boxes from flight MH17 to Malaysia officials in Donetsk early on July 22nd.

Alexander Borodai, Prime Minister of self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk said they were "being returned to their owners."

A Malaysian investigator said the boxes were in good condition.

Flight MH17 was shot down in the rebel-controlled area of eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people onboard.

Experts have called for a full forensic sweep of the crash site amid suggestions that some of the evidence may have been tampered with.

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Scuffles broke out in the Ukrainian parliament on July 22nd after a lawmaker blamed the Ukrainian authorities for failing to adopt a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and accused them of running a war against the Ukrainian people.

The accusations were made by lawmaker Mykola Levchenko from the Party of Regions, which was close to Ukraine's former president Viktor Yanukovych.

Lawmaker Ihor Miroshychenko from the Svoboda Party started to push Levchenko, before other lawmakers joined in the fight.

The incident took place as parliament discussed Malaysian airlines flight MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine the previous week.

The parliamentary session started with a minute of silence to remember the victims.

Oleksandr Turchynov, the Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament, accused Russia of committing "acts of military aggression against Ukraine" by providing weapons to separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine and sending troops to the border.

"Russia is continuing an escalation of armed opposition in these (Donetsk and Luhansk) regions," said Andriy Parubiy, the Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council.

"Right now, around 41-thousand Russian Federation armed forces servicemen are located on the eastern and northern Ukrainian borders and Crimea's borders," he added.

Fighting in eastern Ukraine began in mid-April after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimean Peninsula a month earlier.

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Monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on July 23rd visited a different site peppered with wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

The pro-Russian separatists who are in control of the main crash area are showing little willingness to allow the full-scale investigation that's being demanded by world leaders.

The debris is still unguarded across a wide stretch of farmland.

International observers say there are signs that the debris is being mishandled or even tampered with.

So far, though, there still has not been a full-scale investigation of the site.

Ukrainian aviation officials were allowed to visit briefly on July 18th but got little access.

Forensic officials from the Netherlands were allowed a visit on July 21st.

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Two military cargo planes, one Dutch and the other Australian, also flew 38 more coffins carrying victims to the Netherlands for identification and investigation.

The planes took off on July 26th from Kharkiv, a government-controlled city where the bodies have been brought from the wreckage site in territory held by pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian government.

They landed later in the afternoon in Eindhoven, where the coffins were transferred to a fleet of hearses in a solemn ceremony.

Officials said the flights took the last of the 227 coffins containing victims that had been brought to Kharkiv by refrigerated train.

Officials say the exact number of people held in the coffins is still to be determined by forensic experts in the Netherlands.

International observers have said there are still remains at the crash site. Access has been limited due to rebel interference and security concerns.

The Boeing 777 went down July 17 as it headed to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam, killing all 298 people on board. Most of them were Dutch citizens.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called on Russia on Tuesday to fully cooperate with the criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Commenting for the first time on the Dutch Safety Board's final report which concluded that the plane was shot down with a Buk missile, killing all 298 people on board, Rutte said that a key priority now is tracking down and prosecuting the perpetrators.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called on Russia on Tuesday to fully cooperate with the criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Commenting for the first time on the Dutch Safety Board's final report which concluded that the plane was shot down with a Buk missile, killing all 298 people on board, Rutte said that a key priority now is tracking down and prosecuting the perpetrators.

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1. Pan shot of Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister

2. Cutaway of photographers

3. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister:

"With the Dutch Safety Board report in our hands, with the animation of the missile strike and with the reconstructed wreckage, that dark July 17, 2014 is suddenly very close again. At the same time, today has finally given an answer to the overwhelming question about how: What happened exactly on July 17?"

4. Cutaway of journalists

5. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister:

"With the Dutch Safety Board report, we now know what happened. But delivering legal and convincing evidence of who the responsible perpetrator or perpetrators are is a new playing field."

6. Cutaway of journalist

7. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister:

"This investigation has a huge impact here in the Netherlands and elsewhere and certainly including in Russia, there is no doubt about that. And what I want to do now is appeal to the Russian authorities to respect and give their full cooperation now as far as this report is concerned and the following investigation being carried out by public prosecutors and four other countries. To give full cooperation."

8. Close up of journalist's laptop

9. Rutte leaving the news conference

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday that the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine was mass murder.

"Let's be absolutely crystal clear about what happened," he said after meeting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in The Hague. "Two-hundred-and-ninety-eight innocent people were murdered."

The Dutch Safety Board says it will push ahead with an investigation into the cause of the disaster, despite not being able to access the site where the plane went down in eastern Ukraine.

Rutte said on Monday that "we're putting our work on hold, but we're not stopping," adding that work at the crash site will resume "as soon as the situation stabilises sufficiently".

Flight 17 was shot down on 17 July, killing all 298 people aboard, mostly Dutch, Malaysian and Australian citizens.

Pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine have publicly denied responsibility but one top rebel has told The Associated Press they were involved.

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1. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte shaking hands and posing for photographers

2. Abbott and Rutte walking to lecterns

3. Cutaway of cameraman

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Abbott, Australian Prime Minister:

"Let's be absolutely crystal clear about what happened when MH17 was shot down, 298 innocent people were murdered, 193 Dutch people were murdered and 38 who called Australia home were murdered."

5. Cutaway of camera

6. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister:

"As I've said before: we're putting our work on hold, but we're not stopping. Prime Minister Abbott and I are committed to resuming the work at the crash site as soon as the situation stabilises sufficiently."

7. Exterior of Catshuis, the official residence of the Dutch Prime Minister

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8. Various of Rutte accompanying Abbott as he signs book of condolence for victims of Flight MH17

Two military aircraft carrying the first bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash left eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, bringing some consolation to grieving relatives who still must wait for positive identifications and answers about who caused the disaster.

A departure ceremony was held for the victims prior to their departure from the airport in Kharkiv which was attended by representatives from the Netherlands, Australia and Ukraine.

The crash on Thursday killed all 298 people - most of them Dutch citizens - aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Two military transport planes, one Dutch and one Australian, departed at midday local time (1000 GMT), heading for Eindhoven air base, to be met by Dutch King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and hundreds of relatives.

Dutch government spokesman Lodewijk Hekking said about 60 coffins were expected, but the number wasn't immediately confirmed.

There was confusion as well about how many of the 282 corpses which the rebels said they have found were on the train which arrived in Kharkiv, a government-controlled city, on Tuesday.

Jan Tuinder, the Dutch official in charge of the international team dealing with the dead, said that at least 200 bodies were aboard the train and that more remains could be found once the body bags are

examined fully.

Wreckage from the aircraft fell on territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists who have been battling the Kiev government since April.

US officials say the plane was probably shot down by a missile, most likely by accident.

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1. Coffin carried to plane as military salute

2. Various rear of plane as coffin is carried in to it

3. Various of another coffin carried to the plane

4. Plane on tarmac with military and others in foreground

5. Military standing to attention with officials behind

6. Military standing to attention, with coffins at ceremony for the victims

7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Angus Houston, Former Australian Defence Force Chief and Special Envoy in Kharkiv:

"We are here today as representatives of many nations touched by the tragedy of Flight 17, to honour all of those who are lost and to pay our respects to them as they begin their journey home."

8. Military with coffins during ceremony

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hans Docter, Dutch Government Representative:

"It still will be along journey. We have a painful identification process to go through that will take time but the dutch government wants to assure family members and all those concerned that we want to do the identification as quickly as possible with full respect to human dignity."

10. Various of military with coffins at ceremony

11. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Groysman, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister:

"We are absolutely sure we have gathered here today with the concerns of the families in mind. We have gathered here to pay a final tribute to those who have perished in this horrible disaster."

12. Plane taking off

Two military aircraft carrying the bodies of some of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash left eastern Ukraine Wednesday, bringing some consolation to grieving relatives who still must wait for positive identifications and answers about who caused the disaster.

The Dutch government declared a day of national mourning as the country prepared for the arrival of the first bodies in the afternoon. The crash on Thursday killed all 298 people - most of them Dutch citizens - aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Two military transport planes, one Dutch and one Australian, departed at midday, heading for Eindhoven air base, to be met by Dutch King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and hundreds of relatives.

For days, Dutch police officers have been visiting the bereaved across the Netherlands - home to 193 of the dead - seeking information about distinguishing features and collecting DNA samples for use in identifying the remains.

That process will start Wednesday at a military barracks in the Dutch town of Hilversum, after the first planes carrying remains arrive in the Netherlands on a national day of mourning.

Meanwhile, people continued to pay their respects to the victims of the crash at a memorial at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

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Eindhoven military airbase

1. Close up of sign reading (Dutch) "Air Base Eindhoven"

2. Wide of vehicles driving in

3. Mid of sign reading (English) "Military facility"

4. TV truck outside gate

5. Police car

6. Truck carrying tank driving arriving at gate

Hilversum

7. Pan of Hilversum military base entrance

8. Close of military base sign

9. Military guards at entrance

10. Close of military sign

11. Wide of entrance

12. Guards and Dutch flag at half mast in background

13. Close of flag

14. Car entering base

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15. Various of make shift memorial at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport

16. People signing condolences books

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Kikert

"You see it on everybody, on the faces from everybody. They want their children back. That's important for the family and their friends, for everyone."

18. Close up of photo of a young man and woman

19. SOUNDBITE (English) Monique Den Veer

"It is very important, they are waiting for a couple of days and now they are coming it is a very important day for all the people here and all the people in the country, very important."

20. Close up of teddy bear

21. People looking at memorial

The Dutch Prime Minister said on Tuesday that his government aimed to have the first bodies of victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 back in the Netherlands on Wednesday.

Mark Rutte said that a plane was ready to bring the first remains back from the Ukrainian government-controlled town of Kharkiv, where they arrived early Tuesday in a refrigerated train.

"It is our aim - and at the moment our expectation - that sometime tomorrow the first plane carrying victims will leave for Eindhoven," Rutte told reporters.

Rutte said that the identification of some bodies would be quick.

But he has warned grieving families of victims of Thursday's crash that killed 298 people that the identification of some others could take "weeks or even months."

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1. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte entering news conference room

2. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister:

"Preparations are underway in Kharkiv so that identification in the Netherlands can happen as best possible. As soon as a number of victims is ready for transportation, an aircraft will leave for Eindhoven. It is our aim - and at the moment our expectation - that sometime tomorrow the first plane carrying victims will leave for Eindhoven. It our aim and at this moment, our expectation, but later today more news, that tomorrow, in the course of the day, a first plane with victims will leave for Airbase Eindhoven."

3. Cutaway cameras

4. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister:

"As soon as the aircraft lands at Eindhoven, the victims will be transferred to the Korporaal of Oudheusden Kazerne in Hilversum. As soon as a victim is identified, the family will immediately be informed. Nobody else. That can sometimes happen quickly, but I must add it can sometimes take weeks or even months. Our next priority is the investigation of the cause of the disaster, to turn every stone, and I can tell you that the Netherlands, at the request of Ukraine, is leading that investigation."

5. Wide of news briefing

6. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister:

"In our view something has changed fundamentally there since Thursday. According to the Netherlands, all options are on the table - economical, financial and political. Our priority is to get the people back and the best possible independent investigation and justice."

7. Rutte leaving

An angry Dutch prime minister says he had an "extremely intense" telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday in which he urged him to "show the world that he is serious about his offer to help" in the investigation of the Ukraine air disaster.

Mark Rutte told reporters on Saturday that he told Putin he must use his influence over separatist rebels in Ukraine to ensure they do not hinder efforts to investigate the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

The plane crashed on Thursday, killing all 298 passengers and crew, most of them Dutch citizens.

Rutte says he was "shocked by the images of utterly disrespectful behaviour" of rebels picking through the wreckage and personal belongings of victims at the crash scene.

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1. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte entering news conference

2. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister:

"It's absolutely necessary and the first priority that the repatriation of the victims takes place as quickly as possible. Anyone who does not fully cooperate leaves a mark of suspicion on himself. I am shocked by the images of utterly disrespectful behaviour at the crash site. Against all rules of a studious investigation, there are people who are fooling around amongst the debris with personal and recognisable items of the victims. This is utterly disgusting."

3. Cutaway of Dutch coat of arms

4. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister:

"I am a little bit late for this press conference because I just had an intense telephone conversation with the Russian President. I have told him that time is running out for him to show the world that he is serious about his offer to help. Now he has to take responsibility towards the rebels and show the Netherlands and the world that he will do what is expected of him; to use his influence."

5. Close up of monitors