ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br /> <br />STORY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrived in Malaysia for a state visit on Saturday (September 6).<br /> <br />Abbott was welcomed by his counterpart, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, in Malaysia's administration capital of Putrajaya.<br /> <br />Both sides are expected to discuss issues related to the search of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 and the recent downing of MH17 in eastern Ukraine.<br /> <br />Australia is currently leading the search of flight MH370 that mysteriously disappeared on March 8 about an hour into a journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.<br /> <br />More than two dozen countries have been involved in the air, sea and underwater search mission for the Boeing 777 that has been missing for nearly six months.<br /> <br />Last week, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said that new information suggested that the airliner may have turned south earlier than previously believed and that as a result the focus would be the southern area
