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World leaders demand answers after Malaysian airliner downed over Ukraine with 298 dead
World leaders demanded an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board over eastern Ukraine ...Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine, 298 dead
The United States believes a surface-to-air missile brought down a Malaysian airliner that crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 ...Obama pledges U.S. help for Malaysian plane probe, talks to Putin
President Barack Obama directed U.S. officials on Thursday to do all they could to support an investigation into what caused a Malaysian ...Malaysian passenger plane crashes in Ukraine near Russian border
A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border, Interfax cited an aviation industry source ...Typhoon kills 10 as it churns across Philippines, cuts power, shuts down Manila
A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and hit the capital, prompting the evacuation of almost ...China ends drilling operations in disputed sea
China on Wednesday moved an oil rig that it had deployed in a section of the South China Sea, triggering a dispute ...Strong quake hits Japan, triggering small tsunami
A strong earthquake hit Japan\'s northern coast Saturday near the nuclear power plant crippled in the 2011 tsunami. At least one person ...Gaza toll nears 100, militants threaten Israeli airport
A fourth day of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 11 more Palestinians on Friday, raising the death toll in ...North Korea again fires missiles into sea
North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles Wednesday morning into the sea off its east coast, a South Korean defense official said, ...Indonesia votes for new president
Indonesians voted Wednesday in the tightest and most divisive presidential election since the downfall of dictator Soeharto, pitting Jakarta governor Joko "Jokowi" ...




