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  France Releases Satellite Images of Debris in Malaysia Airlines Search Area

   Malaysian officials say they have received satellite images from France
   showing floating objects in an area of the southern Indian Ocean where
   a civil aircraft spotted debris, including a wooden shipping pallet, on
   Saturday.
   In a statement Sunday, Malaysia`s Ministry of Transport said the images
   were close to an area where Australian and Chinese satellites had
   captured images of large, floating objects last week during their
   search for a missing Malaysian Airlines passenger jet.
   Planes and ships spent Sunday concentrating their search for the
   airliner in an area of the southern Indian Ocean where the debris had
   been spotted. A New Zealand military plane that diverted to the
   location Saturday found only seaweed.
   Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Sunday there is "increasing
   hope" the sightings could lead to a breakthrough into finding the
   missing jet with 239 people on board.
   The Boeing 777 disappeared March 8 while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to
   Beijing. There has been no firm evidence so far of what happened to the
   jet.
   Investigators are not ruling out anything, including catastrophic
   mechanical failure and terrorism. They say it is possible someone with
   knowledge of planes diverted it far off course.
   Twenty-six nations have been hunting for the plane across an area
   covering more than 7 million square kilometers, from Kazakhstan to the
   southern Indian Ocean.
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