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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The Johannesburg airport was officially named for the late anti-apartheid hero Oliver Tambo on Friday.
President Thabo Mbeki and former President Nelson Mandela presided over the formal ceremony renaming the country's main airport O.R. Tambo International Airport on the birthday of the late president of the African National Congress.
Mbeki said the airport now "carries the name of one who, rather than curse the darkness of oppression, lit the candles that led the way to a brighter future."
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