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1. Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues on the anniversary of its disappearance.
By Samantha Hawley for ABC News.
The Malaysian government has promised relatives of flight MH370 passengers the search for the missing plane will not be abandoned on the first anniversary of its disappearance.
Today marks one year since the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared from radar screens, with an international team expected to release a report on the plane’s change of trajectory towards the southern Indian Ocean.
The milestone is a painful one for the families of the missing passengers.
“This year is very important for us. Because of the pain, suffering and torture,” Kelly Wen, one passenger’s wife, said.
“I don’t know how to describe it.”
Liu Jiuying, the sister of one of passengers, said she did not know how to cope.
“We haven’t told my mother. We’re lying to her,” she said.
On March 8, 2014, the Malaysia Airlines flight set off on its doomed journey from Kuala Lumpur with 239 passengers and crew on board, including six Australians.
Two-thirds of those on board the flight were Chinese, and in Kuala Lumpur their families gathered to demand answers.
“We hope the Malaysian government will meet us instead of avoiding us. I don’t know why they are doing that,” Ms Wen said.
Read more: The final minutes of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.