Rally held for Tibet on the eve of the Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco
Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks in support of Tibet at a rally in San Francisco on April 8, 2008. Thousands gathered in the Civic Center on the eve of the Olympic Torch relay April 9. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)
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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.
