South Africa bans Dalai Lama visit

South Africa has denied the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a peace conference due to pressure from China, reports say.

Several Nobel laureates have threatened to boycott the conference in Johannesburg, which has been organised to highlight the first World Cup to be held in Africa.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has already pulled branding the decision to bar the Dalai Lama as "disgraceful.More