Air France to publish victim list

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Air France has announced it will publish a list of the passengers from flight 447 after it has connected with victims' relatives on Thursday.

The Brazilian press has already released a list which includes the CEO of the Michelin Tire Company in Latin America, a member of the Brazilian royal family,and a professor of the University Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

The Chinese Embassy in Brazil has identified nine Chinese victims aboard the flight.

Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim (L, hand) holds a diagram of the crash area of Air France flight AF447 during a news conference with Solange Vieira (R), president of the Civil Aviation Authority, in Rio de Janeiro June 2, 2009.  REUTERS/Fernando Soutello-AGIF