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unhappycamper

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Tue Jul 22, 2014, 06:31 AM Jul 2014

Ukrainian rebels hand over MH17 black boxes and call for cease-fire near crash site

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/21/ukrainian-rebels-hand-over-mh17-black-boxes-and-call-for-cease-fire-near-crash-site/



Ukrainian rebels hand over MH17 black boxes and call for cease-fire near crash site
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, July 21, 2014 20:24 EDT

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday handed over two black boxes recovered from the crash site of the MH17 jet to Malaysian officials at a press conference.

They also announced a ceasefire within a 10 kilometre (six mile) radius around the crash site to allow international investigators to safely access the vast area where the Malaysia Airlines flight was downed Thursday.

“We have decided to hand the black boxes over to Malaysian experts,” the prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Borodai, told journalists.

The Malaysian team of experts and representatives of the separatist group then signed a protocol before the bright orange boxes were handed over.
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Ukrainian rebels hand over MH17 black boxes and call for cease-fire near crash site (Original Post) unhappycamper Jul 2014 OP
This could mean a couple of things TexasProgresive Jul 2014 #1
Or nobody really knows what happened. djean111 Jul 2014 #2

TexasProgresive

(12,148 posts)
1. This could mean a couple of things
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 06:37 AM
Jul 2014

1. International pressure on Putin has caused him to pressure the rebels.
OR
2. The crash site has been thoroughly "sanitized" to the point where any investigation by the international experts will be fruitless.
OR
both

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