The Dalai Lama will appear by videoconference at an event marking Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday, after being denied a visa to enter South Africa. The Dalai Lama was denied a visa to enter South Africa two years ago following overtures from China, which considers the Dalai Lama a Tibetan separatist. The exiled Tibetan […]
Dalai Lama Set to Make Video Appearance at TuTu’s Celebraton
Posted October 8th, 2011 at 1:00 am (UTC-5)
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Tutu a ‘Rock Star’ on His 80th Birthday
Posted October 7th, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Parishioners, politicians and even rock stars gathered at Cape Town’s historic St. George’s Cathedral Friday to help wish Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu a happy 80th birthday. Hundreds of people lined the pews Friday in the church where Archbishop Tutu once preached against apartheid. U2 front man Bono serenaded the archbishop and called Tutu the only […]
Sirleaf, Gbowee Add to List of African Peace Prize Winners
Posted October 7th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Here is a list of all the Nobel Peace Prize winners from sub-Saharan Africa, and the reasons cited by the Nobel Committee for their selections: 2011 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.” 2004 – […]
Dalai Lama to Make Video Appearance at S. African Celebration
Posted October 7th, 2011 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
The Dalai Lama will appear by videoconference at celebrations marking Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday, after being denied a visa to enter South Africa. The exiled Tibetan leader will join the festivities on Saturday, via videolink from Dharamsala, India. A South African government official rejected a last minute request by Archbishop Tutu to grant a […]
Dalai Lama to Make Video Appearance at S. African Celebration
Posted October 7th, 2011 at 1:00 am (UTC-5)
The Dalai Lama will appear by videoconference at celebrations marking Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday, after being denied a visit to enter South Africa. The exiled Tibetan leader will join the festivities on Saturday, via videolink from Dharamsala, India. A South African government official rejected a last minute request by Archbishop Tutu to grant a […]
South African Official Rejects Tutu’s Request to Grant Dalai Lama Last Minute Visa
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
A South African government official has rejected a last-minute request by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to grant a travel visa to the Dalai Lama, who was scheduled to visit the country for Tutu’s 80th birthday celebrations this week. After months of delays by South African authorities, the Dalai Lama cancelled his trip on Tuesday, saying he […]
Tutu Urges South Africa to Grant Dalai Lama Last Minute Visa
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 4:00 am (UTC-5)
South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu has made a final appeal for his government to grant a travel visa to the Dalai Lama, who was scheduled to visit the country for Tutu’s 80th birthday celebrations this week. After months of delays by South African authorities, the Dalai Lama cancelled his trip on Tuesday, saying he had […]
Paper: South Africa Would Have Issued Visa for Dalai Lama
Posted October 5th, 2011 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
South Africa’s deputy president says his government would have issued a travel visa to the Dalai Lama if he had not cancelled his plans to attend this week’s birthday celebrations of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe told The Star newspaper on Wednesday that he did not see why the Dalai Lama’s visit “should […]
Tutu: South African Government Worse Than Apartheid Regime
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
South African archbishop Desmond Tutu says the country’s government is worse than the old apartheid regime for failing to issue a travel visa to the Dalai Lama. Tutu made his comments Tuesday, soon after the Dalai Lama said South Africa’s failure to give him a visa had forced him to cancel plans to attend this […]
Study: Contraceptive Popular in Africa Doubles HIV Risk
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
A major study has found that a hormonal contraceptive widely used in Africa appears to double a woman’s chance of getting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The study also suggests that when HIV-positive women used the injectable contraceptive, their male partners were twice as likely to become infected compared to male partners of women […]
