GateHouse Media, Inc.: Naomi Tutu, daughter of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, will speak at Framingham State University next Wednesday at what school officials say may be the most highly attended installment yet of the university's new scholar lecture series. | Called the President's Distinguished Lecture Series, the program debuted last October with a talk by educator and writer Anne West.
Cape Town (S. Africa), Feb.4 (ANI): The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an application on the Dalai Lama's visa, claiming that it was too late to fix the past, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said on Friday. | The IFP and the Congress of the People brought the application. | The government's failure to grant the visa sparked a public outcry with Tutu accusing President Jacob Zuma's administration of bein...
The Dalai Lama cancelled his intended trip to South Africa to attend Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday on October 04, saying he had done so to avoid inconveniencing the South African government. The government's failure to grant the visa...
The Western Cape High Court on Friday dismissed the Congress of the People (Cope) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) application around the Dalai Lama saga with costs. The Dalai Lama cancelled an intended trip to South Africa in October 2011 after not receiving a visa in time. The Tibetan spiritual leader had been invited to attend Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday celebrations.
A South African court on Friday dismissed a case brought by two opposition parties challenging the government's failure to grant the Dalai Lama a visa last year. | The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader had sought a visa to attend fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday celebrations in Cape Town in October.
Independent Newspapers Online: The Dalai Lama cancelled his intended trip to South Africa to attend Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday on October 4. He said he had done so to avoid inconveniencing the South African government. The government's failure to grant the visa...
Framingham State University next week will host public speaker Naomi Tutu, the third child of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, according to university officials. | The lecture is part of the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series and is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Dwight Performing Arts Center on the Framingham State campus.
Archbishop Tutu will be here from February 6-10 as part of The Elders, a group of independent global leaders brought together by former South African president Nelson Mandela in 2007 to create awareness for his new initiative "Girls Not Brides" a global partnership to end child marriage. | In an e-mail interview to HT, Archbishop Tutu said, "Ten million girls are married out each year before the age of 18."
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