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  • September 14, 2007
    Tutu rocks the web for AIDS in world record attempt

    The Anthem for AIDS campaign featuring desmond Tutu aims to set a Guinness World Record for the first charity single to achieve one million sales by download only.

  • September 14, 2007
    Tutu says forgive, don't retaliate, on 9/11 anniversary

    On the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorists attacks, Desmond M. Tutu, Anglican Archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa delivered a message of forgiveness to those gathered at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd on the campus of General Theological Seminary (GTS) in New York City.

  • September 7, 2007
    Tutu wants social division and injustice to burger off

    Getting together round the fire and having a good nosh and natter is a great way to combat prejudice and social division, reckons ex-Cape Town Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has just become patron of South Africa's Barbecue (Braai) Day.

  • September 1, 2007
    Desmond Tutu pleads for no exclusions at Lambeth Conference

    Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu has made an emotional appeal to Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams to invite all Anglican bishops to the 2008 global Lambeth Conference, "even those irregularly consecrated or actively gay."

  • August 8, 2007
    Tutu hails people's legal verdict against drugs giant

    Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other global church leaders have welcomed a ruling from the Madras High Court in Chennai that dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of India's patent law from a Swiss pharmaceutical giant.

  • July 20, 2007
    Tutu to join group of peacemaking global 'elders'

    Nobel Peace Laureate and ex-Archbishop Desmond Tutu is to chair a global group of “elders” who will visit some of the world’s conflict zones to offer experience, wisdom, and advice on moving toward non-violent solutions.

  • June 23, 2007
    Archbishop backs United Nations human rights council

    Despite misgivings from all sides about the United Nation's Human Rights Council, Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu says the body that is supposed to be an international watchdog should gain in credibility.

  • June 22, 2007
    Tutu coming to St Alban's to remember victim of oppression

    Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu comes to St Alban's on Saturday, to lead the city's Annual Pilgrimage in remembrance of the killing of its patron saint. He will focus on the challenges of following Christ today.

  • June 5, 2007
    Desmond Tutu issues Arctic plea on climate change

    Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called for urgent action against the threat of global warming. He was speaking in Tromsø, the largest Nordic city north of the Arctic Circle. African and Pacific leaders have backed his plea.

  • April 23, 2007
    Desmond Tutu calls on Taiwan to face its painful past

    On a visit last week, he former South African archbishop has urged the Taiwanese people to heal the wounds caused by a 1947 uprising in which thousands were massacred.