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Obama: Plane shot down by missile, 1 American dead

By JULIE PACE The Associated Press
A pro-Russian fighter holds up a toy found among the debris at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet near the village of Hrabove, Friday, July 18, 2014.
A pro-Russian fighter holds up a toy found among the debris at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet near the village of Hrabove, Friday, July 18, 2014. Dmitry Lovetsky AP
WASHINGTON

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Associated Press writers Joan Lowy and Robert Burns contributed to this report.

This story was originally published July 18, 2014 at 12:31 PM with the headline "Obama: Plane shot down by missile, 1 American dead."

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