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Britain bars entry to Swedish academic ahead of appearance with Palestine Action founder

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By Yoruk BahceliLONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Swedish climate academic Andreas Malm said on Friday he had been denied entry to Britain, where he was due to speak alongside the co-founder of Palestine Action, a group banned as a terrorist organisation.Malm, an academic at Sweden's Lund University, has been a vocal critic of Israel and expressed strong support for the Palestinian movement.Britain's Home Office (interior ministry) said it did not comment on individual cases.

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