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MH17: Remains sent to Netherlands for identification

The remains of a victim of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 departed from the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in Dutch military plane.

On Feb 2, a Dutch team recovered more body parts at the MH17 crash site in war-torn Ukraine, where 298 were killed when a Malaysia Airlines jetliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17.

Forensics teams in the Netherlands have so far identified 295 victims with DNA testing. -- AFP

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