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Among The Ruins Of The Plane, Tentative Steps To Secure Order

7:54pm July 18, 2014

Journalist Noah Sneider was at the site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down, killing all 298 people onboard. Sneider updates Audie Cornish on the state of the site.

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Surviving An Adult World In Fairy Tales, And Real Life

7:54pm July 18, 2014

by Kate Bernheimer

Since October thousands of children attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border have been taken into custody. Author Kate Bernheimer recommends a book to help reflect on the lives of these children.

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Israeli army flares illuminate the sky above the Gaza Strip on Friday. At least three people, including two children, ages 4 and 7, were killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza, medics said.

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Inside Gaza And Under Israeli Fire, A Family Tries To Stay Safe

7:54pm July 18, 2014

by Emily Harris

The Israeli army's invasion on the margins of the Gaza Strip has already wreaked havoc and injury for Gazans. A day in the life of the Abu Tawila family illustrates that stark and tragic reality.

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Wrap-up: The Day's Events In Eastern Ukraine And Gaza

7:54pm July 18, 2014

by Robert Siegel

Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel offer a summary of what's now known about the two big stories of the day: the shot-down Malaysian jet, and the mounting Israeli ground invasion in the Gaza Strip.

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Men sift through the wreckage of an Air Rhodesia plane shot down by guerrilla fighters in September 1978 in northern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The rebels shot down another Air Rhodesia flight five months later.

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A Brief History Of Civilian Planes That Have Been Shot Down

4:44pm July 18, 2014

by Greg Myre

It's rare, but commercial flights do come under fire. In fact, the Ukrainian army accidentally downed a Russian civilian plane with a missile during a military exercise in Crimea in 2001.

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Obama Unrolls New Sanctions Against Russia

1:00pm July 18, 2014

by Tamara Keith

President Obama delivered a whirlwind news conference Wednesday, discussing a series of foreign policy issues from Afghanistan to Ukraine. Obama also announced a new round of sanctions against Russian banks, energy companies and individuals for what he sees as interference in Ukrainian affairs.

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A woman at Kuala Lumpur International Airport reacts to news of crash. The flight was on its way to the Malaysian capital.

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U.S. Officials: Malaysian Airliner Likely Shot Down

12:31pm July 18, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Vice President Biden says it appears that the Malaysia Airlines jet with nearly 300 people aboard was "blown out of the sky" over eastern Ukraine.

A dog sleeps in a derelict building in central Kailahun, where the streets are unusually empty.

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Ebola Wreaks Economic Woe In West Africa

11:51am July 18, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

In eastern Sierra Leone, health officials have set up the world's largest treatment for the Ebola virus. Businesses in the area are suffering, and people are finding it difficult to earn a living.

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On Its Way To Kuala Lumpur, Plane Brought Down Over Ukraine

8:00am July 18, 2014

by Anthony Kuhn

Many experts question the decision to fly near the fighting in Ukraine. Some airlines have circumvented the country for weeks. In March, a Malaysia Airlines plane went missing on a flight to Beijing.

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How U.S. Hopes To Jump-Start Stalled Campaign To Save Nigerian Girls

8:40pm July 17, 2014

More than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram are still missing. To find out what the U.S. is doing to help, Audie Cornish speaks with Linda Thomas-Greenfield of the U.S. State Department.

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