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Malaysia Airlines Releases Manifest of MH17

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(Photo : REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev) Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitors speak with an armed pro-Russian separatist at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region July 19, 2014.

As the leaders of countries with citizens on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 call on Russia to clear things up about the tragedy, the airline has released the full manifest of passengers and the crew on the Boeing 777 that was shot down over rebel-infested territory in Ukraine.

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Contrary to earlier reports that came out hours after the plane crashed in rebel-held territory, the flight did not carry any passenger listed as a United States citizen, aside from one who is a dual Dutch/U.S. citizen.

It also did not have a passenger of Chinese citizenship, despite reports that a Hong Kong resident was on board before the plane was shot down.

Find out who where on board Flight MH17 here

With the release of the manifest, here's the new breakdown of nationalities on the flight: Netherlands (192, including 1 dual Netherlands/U.S. citizen), Malaysia (44, including 15 crew & 2 infants), Australia (27), Indonesia (12, including 1 infant), United Kingdom (10, including 1 dual UK/South Africa citizen), Germany (4), Belgium (4), Philippines (3), Canada (1), New Zealand (1).

Meanwhile, world leaders are getting impatient at Russia's inability to influence separatist rebels surrounding the plane's wreckage near Torez  and convince them to allow Ukrainian and international probers to enter the crash zone and start processing and identifying the bodies of the 298 victims on board MH17.

Leaders of the countries with citizens on board the flight also refused to back down and change their views about Russia's possible involvement despite Moscow reportedly being angry at Australia issuing an ultimatum against Moscow and warning it was reconsidering Russian President Vladimir Putin's attendance at the G20 summit in November.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot alluded to "Russian proxies" as having been behind the attack on MH17.  

After the Russian response, Abbot repeated it was apparent that Russian-backed separatists were responsible, and that Russia cannot wash its hands of responsibility.  

Interviewed on ABC's Insiders, Abbot said, "I made crystal clear my concerns and dissatisfaction with the way this has been handled. Russian-controlled territory, Russian-backed rebels, quite likely a Russian-supplied weapon: Russia can't wash its hands of this."

Abbot also warned that Russia might say something right but make the mistake of interfering with an independent investigation of the tragic incident.

In the Netherlands, Dutch Prime MinisterMark Rutte urged Putin to use his influence and force the rebels full access to the crash site. 

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