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#MH17 | Round-up of Day 1 Updates from 6pm till 12MN: [12midnight] CNN reports on President Barack Obama’s press conference where he expresses outrage and says that one of its citizens was on board the plane. “We stand shoulder to shoulder in grief with the Dutch people,” he says. [11pm] PM Najib an …

UPDATES #MH17 | “We know that it was a surface to air missile that shot it down, but it is important to get additional information to get a focus on. My concern is that there is a lot of Eastern Ukraine. We do not want propaganda or games,” US President Barack Obama says. He also confirms that at le …

UPDATES #MH17 Crash | MAS: Plane had clean bill of health [1.50pm] In a statement, MAS said the B777-200 aircraft bearing registration no. 9M-MRD that operated MH17 had a clean maintenance record. The aircraft’s last maintenance check was on July 11 and the next check was due on Aug 27. The maintena …

[LIVE UPDATES #MH17] US says missile system 'turned on' before crash 12.23pm: CNN reports that the United States government has concluded that MH17 was shot down by a missile although it has not identified the shooter. Quoting a senior US official, CNN reports a radar system saw a surface- …