Word: gratae
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Richard Gere in real life is now persona non grata in China. Due to his outspoken support of Tibetan independence following the Chinese invasion of the country, the government continues to disallow his visas and reserves the right to arrest him should he set foot in the country...
Even as artists from across the globe marvel at the Heidelberg Project, Guyton is becoming persona non grata on the street where he grew up. Tourist traffic is heavy. The bulk garbage collectors are so confused by what is art and what isn't on Heidelberg Street that they have stopped picking up there. And there's concern that the heaps of stuff are becoming a breeding ground for rodents. "Really, the problem has exploded this year because Tyree has put his polka dots everywhere," says Angela Brown Wilson, executive assistant to Detroit's Mayor Dennis Archer...
...More than 60,000 have been killed in the struggle between the government and the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) since the Islamic party, which looked sure to gain control of the government in the 1992 elections, was outlawed after an army coup. Although the FIS is still party non grata, Zeroual has agreed to allow opposition from moderate fundamentalist parties as long as they removed Islamic references from their names and platforms and renounced violence. Zeroual was looking for a large turnout to give some legitimacy to his government that has ruled the country since coming to power...
...control of the government in the 1992 elections, was outlawed after an army coup. Hoping to establish legitimacy after coming to power in the 1992 military takeover, President Liamine Zeroual is looking for a large turnout among the 17 million eligible voters. Although the FIS is still party non grata, Zeroual has agreed to allow opposition from moderate fundamentalist parties as long as they removed Islamic references from their names and platforms and renounced violence. TIME's Scot MacLeod reports that while international monitors agree that outright ballot fraud was relatively absent, to most Algerians, the outcome was rigged from...
Warning to the stars: making movies may be bad for your passport. According to a Tibetan advocacy group, such names as BRAD PITT, HARRISON FORD and Martin Scorsese are on a persona non grata list at the agency that handles visas for Chinese-occupied Tibet. Scorsese is directing Kundun, a movie about the Dalai Lama, written by Ford's wife Melissa Mathison. Pitt is currently making Seven Years in Tibet. Two sources told the International Campaign for Tibet that they saw the list on a wall at a Chinese Information Travel Service office in Lhasa. "It was in a back...