Tag Archives: Nobel Prize

• Dalai Lama cancels South Africa trip amid visa row 4 September 2014 | Lawrence Bartlett This post has one comment

  The Dalai Lama has cancelled a trip to South Africa for a summit of Nobel peace laureates, an aide said Thursday, reporting that Pretoria had denied him a visa in a bid to avoid angering China. ...

• Dalai Lama shrugs off Norway government snub 8 May 2014 This post has no comments yet

  The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday he held no grudges against Norway's government after they decided not to meet him on his trip to Oslo in order to avoid further damaging already fragile relations with China. ...

• World AIDS Day highlights big challenges 20 years on 1 December 2008 This post has no comments yet

  As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, the fight against the disease remains stymied by the of adequate treatment in poor countries and setbacks in finding an effective vaccine, ...