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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Fri 18 Jul, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Live: Airliner shot down over Ukraine; 28 Australians among 298 dead At least 28 Australians have died on board a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew. Flight MH17 was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it came down in rebel-held territory near Ukraine's border with Russia. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told Parliament it appears that Russian-backed rebels shot the plane down. US vice-president Joe Biden says it was "blown out of the sky" and that it was "not an accident". Ukrainian wire taps appear to have captured pro-Russian separatists claiming responsibility for downing the jet, but there has been no official confirmation. Follow our live blog as developments unfold. 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