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Pilots' psychological testing probed
MH370 investigators are focusing on the mental state of the pilots to see if the plane could have been sabotaged. CNN's Pamela Brown reports.
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Flight 370 families struggling to cope
The families of MH370 passengers find their emotions see-sawing between shock, grief, and rage. CNN's Jim Sciutto speaks with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about the physical impact of grief.
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Obama to Putin: Pull back from Ukraine
President Obama sent a direct message to Russia President Vladimir Putin Friday: do not press further into Ukraine. CNN's Jim Sciutto and Karl Penhaul discuss.
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Conspiracy theories surround Flight 370
Law professor Cass Sunstein delves into some of the conspiracy theories surrounding missing Flight MH370.
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Obama meets Pope Francis
In other world news, President Obama made his second trip to the Vatican as president, the ninth American leader to visit the pope.
He and the first family met Pope Benedict back in the summer of 2009.
Now, nearly five years later, Obama returned to pay respects to a man he said he greatly admired, Pope Francis.
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