Flight MH17 Families Face Long Wait for Return of Victims
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Families of the victims of flight MH17 may have to wait weeks to recover the remains of loved ones after the pro-Russian separatists the U.S. accuses of downing the jet turned over most of the bodies to Ukraine.
“The task of identifying the victims is a process that must be conducted carefully and accurately,” Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today in a statement. “By its very nature, it may take some weeks before we can honor the dead by returning them to those they loved and those that loved them.”