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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia lost 43 citizens when a missile blasted Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from the sky over eastern Ukraine, and the country's anger is rising toward Russia following reports that victims' bodies lie uncollected or have been mishandled - especially troubling news to Malaysia's many Muslims, for whom prompt, solemn burial of the dead is sacred.

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