REV. DESMOND TUTU AND ROBERT DENIRO LAUNCH 3RD ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
Actor Robert DeNiro, co founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, and Rev. Desmond Tutu pose on May 1, 2004 at the launch of 3rd Annual Tribeca Film Festival which celebrated the 10th anniversary of democracy in South Africa. (UPI/Ezio Petersen)
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LLANDRINDOD WELLS, Wales, May 29 (UPI) -- Nobel Prize-winning activist Desmond Tutu said at a Welsh festival solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is integral to solving the world's other problems.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 23 (UPI) -- South African officials say they acted in the country's best interest by denying the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a peace conference in Johannesburg.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu signed a petition appealing to the United Nations to declare an annual global Oneness Day, the petition's organizers said Tuesday.
PRETORIA, South Africa, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu called for South Africa to tear up a defense contract with a Saab Aerospace subsidiary under investigation for bribery.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu says South Africa has lost its moral authority by not standing up to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu says the recalling of South African President Thabo Mbeki is a "deeply disturbing" development for South Africa.
DAKAR, Senegal, June 8 (UPI) -- An Israeli Web site claimed Sunday the Palestinian Authority and militant Islamic group Hamas have begun talks to repair their strained relations.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 21 (UPI) -- South African President Thabo Mbeki approved troop deployments to help stop attacks on migrants that have claimed two dozen lives, his office said Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 20 (UPI) -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu pleaded for an end to violence against migrants in South Africa, where at least 22 people have been killed in 10 days.