CAPE TOWN - Desmond Tutu, the former archbishop of Cape Town, blasted South Africa's government Tuesday as "disgraceful" and worse than the apartheid regime in a row over a visa for the Dalai Lama, accusing it of caving in to Chinese pressure.

The anti-apartheid crusader had invited his long-time friend and fellow Nobel Peace laureate to give an inaugural peace lecture as part of Mr. Tutu's 80th birthday celebrations in Cape Town this week.

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