Shot-Down Malaysian Plane Held 100 AIDS Researchers

Image from source, CBSNews

Wow. Even if the excerpted article doesn't have the number exactly right, that's just astonishing. 100 top AIDS researchers, enroute to a conference on the disease in Australia, perished when the plane was shot down, as yet by unknown assailants. The attack is of course tragic no matter who the people on the plane were. But for such a large group from one field to be wiped out at once? Tragic, and potentially devastating for the progress in finding a cure.

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Crash claims top AIDS researchers heading to Melbourne

About 100 of the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash were heading to Melbourne for a major AIDS conference, conference attendees have been told. Delegates at a pre-conference in Sydney were told on Friday morning that around 100 medical researchers, health workers and activists were on the plane that went down near the Russia-Ukraine border, including former International AIDS Society president Joep Lange. . .

Read more at: SMH.com.au


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Malaysia plane victims include infants, AIDS researchers
 
Flight attendant Nur Shazana Mohd Salleh was single but hoping to find love soon. Instead, she was one of nearly 300 people who perished when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine. The airline initially said there were 295 people on board the Boeing 777, 280 passengers and 15 crew members. Early Friday, the airline increased the death toll to 298, saying there were three infants on board. . .

Read more (with video) at: CBS News

FOX "News" Host Thinks Noah's Ark Real, Compares to Missing Plane

When that new Noah film comes out, I'm really curious how they manage to spackle over the huge plot holes in the actual story. One of the big ones is, why--if the ark came to a rest on Mt. Ararat--isn't there a fossil trail that leads from the mountain to the far reaches of the earth, showing that kangaroos and buffalo and elephants and penguins all got off the boat, and then scurried off to where we find them now?

But FOX "News" host Bill Hemmer believes the story. So much, that he thinks we've found the boat itself! He's a little (okay, a lot) off on the timeline, even if the unlikely story somehow happened to be based on a real event. But he's proven that Brian Kilmeade and Steve Douchey Doocey aren't the only goobers on the FOX "News" payroll.

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Fox News Host: 'It Took 2,000 Years To Find Noah's Ark' So Will We Ever Find Flight 370?



Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Wednesday referenced a peculiar hoax in order to help explain just how long it might take to find the missing Malaysian Airlines jet. "So what it took us what 100 years to find the Titanic? It took us 2,000 years to find Noah’s Ark. Do we ever find flight 370?" Hemmer asked his guest, aviation attorney Salvatore Lagonia. . .

Read more at: Talking Points Memo

Sean Hannity Somehow Blames Missing Malaysian Aircraft on Obama

Of course he denies--mid-accusation--that he's blaming the president. The dope. I'm actually kind of shocked that Hannity didn't try tying it all to Benghazi!!!

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Hannity: Missing Malaysian Jet Obama's Fault, Just Because


 
This is worthy of a whole page on Alex Jones' website. While we wait to find out what has become of vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Hannity and his (really stupid) guest Angela McGlowan indulge in conspiracy theory speculation involving Iran, stolen passports, and terrorist acts. . .

Read more at: Crooks and Liars