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More infectious Coronavirus variant from South Africa found in UK
23 December 2020 | Kate Holton and Michael Holden
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A new, potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday. ...
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Drought parches southern Africa, millions faced with hunger
7 November 2019 | Andrew Meldrum
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An estimated 45 million people are threatened with hunger due to a severe drought that is strangling wide stretches of southern Africa. ...
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China strongly protests Tibetan leader’s visit to South Africa
9 February 2018 | Peter Fabricius
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South African officials said China did not seem to appreciate that South Africa is a democracy, where the government does not have total control. ...
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Tutu reaches Dalai Lama’s abode to meet long-time friend
18 April 2015
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South African anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Saturday reached this north Indian hill station to meet his long-time friend and fellow Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama. ...
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Dalai Lama accuses South Africa of ‘bullying’
2 October 2014
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The Dalai Lama on Thursday accused South Africa of "bullying a simple person" after authorities there failed to give him a visa to attend a summit of Nobel peace laureates. ...
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Nobel summit cancelled in South Africa after Dalai Lama visa row
1 October 2014 | Claire Cozens
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A global summit of Nobel laureates has been cancelled after the event was hit by a boycott over the South Africa's refusal to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, peace prize winner Jody Williams said. ...
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Six Nobel laureates boycott summit over Dalai Lama visa
27 September 2014 | Lawrence Bartlett
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Six Nobel peace laureates will boycott a global summit in South Africa next month after the government refused to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, a spokeswoman said Thursday. ...
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South Africa’s Zuma to respond to Dalai Lama requests
16 September 2014
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President Jacob Zuma will respond to the 14 Nobel laureates who wrote to him asking for a South African travel visa to be granted to the Dalai Lama. ...
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Nobel Laureates urge Zuma to give Dalai Lama visa
15 September 2014 | Andrew Beatty
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Fourteen Nobel Peace Laureates have asked President Jacob Zuma to guarantee the Dalai Lama a visa to South Africa, after the Tibetan spiritual leader was forced to abandon a trip to the country. ...
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China praises South Africa over Dalai Lama visa row
5 September 2014
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China on Friday thanked South Africa and praised its "correct position" for apparently denying a visa to Nobel Peace Prize winner and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. ...