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/ 10 July 2006

Welcome to OR Tambo airport

When the world’s soccer fans descend on South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, most of them will disembark at OR Tambo International airport, as Johannesburg International airport will soon be known. Minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan announced on June 30 that more than 50 place names will be changed, including that of the airport.

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/ 10 July 2006

Russia investigates Airbus crash as country mourns

Investigators worked on Monday to determine what caused an Airbus plane to overrun the runway and crash in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, as Russia marked a day of mourning for about 130 people killed in the accident. Transport Minister Igor Levitin chaired a meeting of a commission set up to investigate the cause of the accident and told reporters here afterwards that so far 122 bodies had been recovered and six were still unaccounted for.