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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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++GRAPHIC WARNING: THIS FOOTAGE CONTAINS PICTURES OF MANY DEAD BODIES STREWN AMONGST WRECKAGE++

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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.

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MALAYSIA'S PRIME MINISTER IS CALLING ON UKRAINIAN AND PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS TO AGREE TO A CEASE-FIRE IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SITE WHERE MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 17 WAS SHOT DOWN.

(SOT: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak)

"The conflict in eastern Ukraine may not be easily resolved, but the people on board that plane had no part in it."

TWO WEEKS AFTER THE PLANE'S DESTRUCTION, THE REMAINS AND PERSONAL POSSESSIONS OF MANY OF THE VICTIMS HAVEN'T BEEN RECOVERED _ TO THE ANGUISH OF THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

(SOT: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak)

"We ask there be an immediate cessation of hostilities in and around the crash site by both Ukrainian and separatist forces. We ask that all sides respect the lives lost and the integrity of the crash site so that the investigation may proceed."

THE MALAYSIAN LEADER SPOKE SHORTLY BEFORE INVESTIGATORS SUCCEEDED IN REACHING THE CRASH SITE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

INVESTIGATORS WERE ALLOWED THROUGH A CHECKPOINT LEADING TO THE CRASH SITE BY A RIFLE-TOTING MILITIAMAN WHO THEN FIRED A WARNING SHOT TO PREVENT REPORTERS FROM ACCOMPANYING THE CONVOY.

THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF POLICE AND FORENSIC EXPERTS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIALLY FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON RETRIEVING BODIES STILL ON THE SITE AND COLLECTING VICTIMS' BELONGINGS.

IT REMAINS UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW MANY BODIES REMAIN AND WHAT CONDITION THEY ARE IN AFTER BEING EXPOSED FOR SO LONG TO THE ELEMENTS.

ALL 298 PASSENGERS AND CREW ABOARD FLIGHT 17 WERE KILLED, INCLUDING 43 MALAYSIANS AND 195 DUTCH NATIONALS.

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The Hague, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

1. Arrival of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak

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FILE: Hrabove, Ukraine - 18 July 2014

2. Wide of piece of crashed plane's wing

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The Hague, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Najib Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister: (Transcript below)

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Hrabove, Ukraine - 19 July 2014

4. Various of plane debris

5. People walking past part of crash site

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The Hague, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Najib Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister: (Transcript below)

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Hilersum, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

4. Mid shot Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, laying flowers at memorial for MH17 passengers

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Rozsypne, Ukraine - 31 July 2014

5. Mid, OSCE investigator putting on armored vest

6. Travelling shot of OSCE convoy en route to crash site, driving around barricades

7. Convoy stopped at rebel checkpoint, then moving through

8. Wide of shell hitting in distance; AUDIO: explosion; travelling shot from inside vehicle racing away

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Hilersum, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

Mid shot Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, laying flowers

Mid shot flowers at memorial

Close-up condolence note on flowers from Razak

VOICE-OVER:

MALAYSIA'S PRIME MINISTER IS CALLING ON UKRAINIAN AND PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS TO AGREE TO A CEASE-FIRE IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SITE WHERE MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 17 WAS SHOT DOWN.

(SOT: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak)

"The conflict in eastern Ukraine may not be easily resolved, but the people on board that plane had no part in it."

TWO WEEKS AFTER THE PLANE'S DESTRUCTION, THE REMAINS AND PERSONAL POSSESSIONS OF MANY OF THE VICTIMS HAVEN'T BEEN RECOVERED _ TO THE ANGUISH OF THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

(SOT: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak)

"We ask there be an immediate cessation of hostilities in and around the crash site by both Ukrainian and separatist forces. We ask that all sides respect the lives lost and the integrity of the crash site so that the investigation may proceed."

THE MALAYSIAN LEADER SPOKE SHORTLY BEFORE INVESTIGATORS SUCCEEDED IN REACHING THE CRASH SITE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

INVESTIGATORS WERE ALLOWED THROUGH A CHECKPOINT LEADING TO THE CRASH SITE BY A RIFLE-TOTING MILITIAMAN WHO THEN FIRED A WARNING SHOT TO PREVENT REPORTERS FROM ACCOMPANYING THE CONVOY.

THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF POLICE AND FORENSIC EXPERTS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIALLY FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON RETRIEVING BODIES STILL ON THE SITE AND COLLECTING VICTIMS' BELONGINGS.

IT REMAINS UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW MANY BODIES REMAIN AND WHAT CONDITION THEY ARE IN AFTER BEING EXPOSED FOR SO LONG TO THE ELEMENTS.

ALL 298 PASSENGERS AND CREW ABOARD FLIGHT 17 WERE KILLED, INCLUDING 43 MALAYSIANS AND 195 DUTCH NATIONALS.

TRACY BROWN/Associated Press

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The Hague, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

1. Arrival of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak

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Hrabove, Ukraine - 18 July 2014

2. Wide of piece of crashed plane's wing

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The Hague, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Najib Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister: (Transcript below)

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Hrabove, Ukraine - 19 July 2014

4. Various of plane debris

5. People walking past part of crash site

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The Hague, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Najib Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister: (Transcript below)

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Hilersum, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

4. Mid shot Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, laying flowers at memorial for MH17 passengers

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Rozsypne, Ukraine - 31 July 2014

5. Mid, OSCE investigator putting on armored vest

6. Travelling shot of OSCE convoy en route to crash site, driving around barricades

7. Convoy stopped at rebel checkpoint, then moving through

8. Wide of shell hitting in distance; AUDIO: explosion; travelling shot from inside vehicle racing away

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Hilersum, Netherlands - 31 July 2014

Mid shot Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, laying flowers

Mid shot flowers at memorial

Close-up condolence note on flowers from Razak

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte welcomed his Malaysian counterpart in the Hague on Thursday to discuss plans for repatriating remains of Malaysian victims of the passenger plane shot over eastern Ukraine, and continuing problems accessing the crash site.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was later expected to travel to a military base in Hilversum, outside Amsterdam, where the remains of more than 200 victims are being painstakingly identified.

The plane was shot down on July 17, killing all 298 passengers and crew, including 43 Malaysians and 195 Dutch.

Some bodies have yet to be recovered at the crash site, which has been inaccessible to investigators for days due to fighting between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russia separatists.

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1. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte standing on red carpet, motorcade of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arriving, Nazak coming out of car and shaking hands with Rutte

2. Rutte and Nazak posing for photographs and walking inside building

The crash of the MH17 flight in eastern Ukraine was high on the agenda on Wednesday as the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte met his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak, in Putrajaya.

Rutte, who is on a one-day official visit to Malaysia, led a Dutch delegation to bilateral meetings with their Malaysian counterparts.

Speaking at a joint news conference after the talks, Rutte said Dutch investigators have again gained access to the crash site and have recovered an unspecified number of human remains.

He added that Malaysia should be allowed to take part in the crash investigation operation.

The plane went down above a rebel-held area on July 17, killing all 298 passengers and crew, most of them Dutch.

To date, 284 victims have been identified.

Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur have strong economic ties, as Netherlands is the second largest Eurozone investor in Malaysia.

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Putrajaya, Malaysia - 5 November 2014

1. Malaysian Prime Minister's office with white marquees erected ahead of ceremony

2. Mid of photographers

3. Various of soldiers taking part in parade

4. Cutaway of photographers

5. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (left on screen) and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, watching parade

6. Rutte inspecting guard

7. Mid of Najib Razak and Rutte shaking hands

8. Najib Razak and Rutte arriving at bilateral meeting

9. Dutch delegation at meeting

10. Wide of meeting

11. Malaysian delegation at meeting

12. Rutte and Najib Razak walking onto stage

13. Cutaway of media

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Rutte, Netherlands Prime Minister:

"Last week and yesterday conditions allowed a small team to visit the crash site, they found remains of victims which will be transferred to the Netherlands following the usual ceremonial protocol and we will continue to take every opportunity to go to the site."

15. Cutaway of conference

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Rutte, Netherlands Prime Minister:

"In the view of the Netherlands as I would also state here today, it makes total sense for Malaysia to be a full part of the criminal investigation team."

17. Cutaway of conference

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Najib Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister.

"We have to ascertain what truly happened to the plane beyond any doubt whatsoever. We have knowledge, we have preliminary knowledge, but that knowledge has to be backed with solid forensic evidence."

19. Rutte and Najib Razak ending presser