Memorial services were held in Israel to mark 30 days since the crash of a Siberian airlines flight. President Moshe Katsav and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spoke at the ceremony Monday for those who died Oct. 4 when a Sibir Airlines flight was accidentally shot down by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile over the Black Sea. Most of the passengers had recently emigrated from Russia to Israel.
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