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A man covers his nose to avoid the smell of bodies as members of the OSCE mission to Ukraine and Holland's National Forensic Investigations Team inspect a refrigerated train, seen in background, loaded with the bodies of passengers in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Monday, July 21, 2014. Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard. International indignation over the incident has grown as investigators still only have limited access to the crash site and it remains unclear when and where the victims' bodies will be transported. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A difficult duty: The stench of death was nearly overwhelming Monday as Alexander Hug (center right), deputy head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, led a forensics investigation team near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. (Associated Press)

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Crucial black boxes were handed over Monday night to Malaysian investigators trying to determine what happened when a jetliner was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. Pro-Russia separatists had been limiting access to crash scene evidence.

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Kees Klompenhouwer (left), the Dutch ambassador to Ukraine, joined Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko outside the Dutch Embassy in Kiev on Monday to pay tribute to the 198 people who were killed Thursday in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (Associated Press photographs)

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A woman looks at a refrigerated train loaded with the bodies of victims in Torez, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, about 9 miles from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (Associated Press photographs)

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National Edition News cover for July 19, 2014 - Obama calls for Ukraine cease-fire: President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the situation in Ukraine, Friday, July 18, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The president said one American was killed on the plane over Ukraine, and the airliner was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama pauses while speaking about the situation in Ukraine in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on July 18, 2014. Obama called for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, demands credible investigation of downed plane. (Associated Press)