In 1990, Nelson Mandela arrived in Zambia on his first foreign trip since his release from 27 years in South African jails.

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But although Davies is being kept in Wales camp, coach Warren Gatland has agreed to release four other Scarlets players for their trip to Dublin.

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Clinton, 63, jumped back onto the world stage last year with an unannounced trip to North Korea on a mission to negotiate the release of two imprisoned American journalists.

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