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'Too fat' man wins deportation reprieve
AFP, Published on 09/09/2013
» WELLINGTON - An overweight South African threatened with deportation from New Zealand because of his obesity was Monday granted a 23-month reprieve.
S.Africa acted 'unlawfully' in failed Dalai Lama visa
AFP, Published on 29/11/2012
» The South African government acted unlawfully by dragging its heels on a failed visa application by the Dalai Lama to attend Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday last year, a court ruled Thursday.
Israeli star set to miss badminton champs due to visa debacle
AFP, Published on 07/08/2015
» JAKARTA - An Israeli badminton player looks set to miss next week's world championships in Indonesia after authorities failed to grant him a visa.
France to speed Chinese visa delivery
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» PARIS - France is to shorten visa delivery processes for Chinese tourist groups to one day from the current two as Paris targets a larger slice of a growing market, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday.
Cape Town Nobel summit scrapped over Dalai Lama visa row
AFP, Published on 02/10/2014
» Cape Town's mayor on Thursday "suspended" a planned summit of Nobel peace laureates, blaming the South African government's "intransigence" in refusing to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama.
China denies rejecting New York Times journalist visa
AFP, Published on 04/01/2013
» Beijing on Thursday denied rejecting a New York Times reporter's visa after the paper -- which has published a series of exposes on Premier Wen Jiabao's family -- said he had been forced to leave mainland China.
UK eases visa access for Chinese as premier visits
AFP, Published on 17/06/2014
» Britain on Monday announced it would ease access to visas for Chinese tourists and business people ahead of a visit by Premier Li Keqiang aimed at strengthening ties.
Britain to ease China visa restrictions
AFP, Published on 14/10/2013
» Britain says it will make it easier for China's citizens to obtain visas, as it seeks a bigger share of the multi-billion-dollar Chinese traveller market against stiff European competition.
Britain to ease China visa restrictions
AFP, Published on 14/10/2013
» Britain is to make it easier for Chinese nationals to obtain visas in an effort to boost business between the two countries, finance minister George Osborne has announced.
New Zealand confirms Mike Tyson visa ban
AFP, Published on 12/10/2012
» The New Zealand government on Friday blocked former heavyweight boxing champion and convicted rapist Mike Tyson from entering the country for a second time in as many weeks.