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Thursday, August 5, 2004 - 03:00
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News from the diaspora [2]
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168 [3]
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A clampdown on illegal immigration to the UK is causing serious problems for a popular North-East cultural festival. Organisers of the 28th Alnwick International Music Festival fear they could be left with a big hole in the year's programme if difficulties in obtaining visas force overseas groups to pull out. Amongst the groups due to perform but still without a visa are Sogo from Ghana. The festival is planned for 7th to 14th August.

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Pan-Africanism [4]
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