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Over 100 AIDS specialists were on plane shot down over Ukraine
Putin, Ukraine trade blame for Thursday's crash, which left wreckage and bodies scattered across kilometers of rebel-held territory near Ukraine's border with Russia.By Haaretz and Reuters | Jul. 18, 2014 | 1:37 PM
As world leaders demand an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian jetliner on Thursday, it has emerged that more than 100 international AIDS researchers, activists and health workers may have been among the passengers of the plane.
The AIDS activists were delegates to the 20th International AIDS Conference, which is due to open on Sunday in Melbourne, Australia, according to a report in USA Today.
Air Malaysia flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday afternoon while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital. The plane, which had 298 people on board, is believed to have been downed by a missile fired by one of the sides in the ongoing Ukrainian crisis.
There were no survivors from Thursday's crash, which left wreckage and bodies scattered across kilometers of rebel-held territory near Ukraine's border with Russia.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.605921
