AP 2010-12-28

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This is as a result of extreme weather conditions and also to be frank of a bad call on Saturday by the airport operator who was, as it turned out, over-optimistic about their ability to keep the airport open. It maybe that in future, we're gonna to

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AP 2009-09-29

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