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Amsterdam and Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines: All 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 which was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur were killed when the aircraft was shot down over contested territory in eastern Ukraine Thursday. Related Items Articles Ontario medical student, girlfriend among passengers of doomed Malaysian flight , according to Winnipeg Free Press. In Toronto, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said Canada clearly condemned what he referred to repeatedly as an attack. The federal government labelled the shooting down of a Malaysian passenger plane over Ukraine "a brutal act of terror" on Friday, saying it was ready to help investigate the tragedy. The U.S. has said it believes the jetliner was likely downed by a missile and has added that it can't rule out "technical assistance from Russian personnel." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.