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• Japanese emperor visits Oxford university

  - 2007-05-28

  OXFORD, England AFP — Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited the historic University of Oxford on Monday during their three-day tour of Britain. The royals met students and the university's chancellor Chris Patten -- the last colonial governor of Hong Kong. They smiled as they sheltered under...

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• Japanese emperor arrives in Britain for dinner with queen

  - 2007-05-27

  LONDON AFP — The Japanese Emperor arrived in Britain Sunday for a three-day visit that will see him carry out engagements including dinner with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Britain may not hold happy memories for Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko -- on their last visit in 1998,...

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• Land of hope and glory; Social mobility.

  - 2005-10-08

  Why Britain is becoming less socially mobile AMONG the stars of this week's Conservative Party conference were two men from starkly different backgrounds. David Cameron is the son of a stockbroker; he went to Eton College and Oxford University and is married to the...

  Tags: Britain, Britons, job, mobility, University of Oxford

• Melting of Siberian peat bog could speed global warming: report

  - 2005-08-10

  LONDON AFP — A huge expanse of western Siberia is going through an unprecedented thaw that could speed the rate of global warming dramatically, a British weekly said. Scientists recently back from the Russian region say the world's largest frozen peat bog is melting into shallow lakes. It is...

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• OXFORD'S CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES - PROFILE

  - 2003-08-21

  According to IINA, Oxford University's Center for Islamic Studies will grant scholarships for studying literature, science, geography and history, and other disciplines. The Center has also organized a seminar on the improvement of the situation of Muslim prisoners in Britain. Among the recent visitors to the Center is Britain's Minister...

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• UK: OXFORD'S CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES - PROFILE.(Brief Article)

  - 2003-08-21

  According to IINA, Oxford University's Center for Islamic Studies will grant scholarships for studying literature, science, geography and history, and other disciplines. The Center has also organized a seminar on the improvement of the situation of Muslim prisoners in Britain. Among the recent visitors to the...

  Tags: Britain, MARKETING, scholarship, University of Oxford

• Pain problem: when does a child feel it? (Susan Greenfield's research finds that a fetus may feel pain before 24 weeks gestation).

  - 2003-03-31

  One of the best-known scientists in the United Kingdom, Baroness Susan Greenfield, has said she believes unborn babies may develop consciousness--and feel pain--long before 24 weeks' gestation, Britain's legal cut-off for abortions. The baroness, an Oxford University neurology professor, fell short of...

  Tags: Britain, professor, scientist, University of Oxford, women

• The Peopling of Britain: The Shaping of a Human Landscape. The Linacre Lecture 1999. - book review

  - 2002-08-01

  The Peopling of Britain: The Shaping of a Human Landscape. The Linacre Lecture 1999. Paul Slack and Ryk Ward, editors. Oxford University Press. [pounds sterling]50.00. 295 pages. ISBN 0-19-829759-9. This collection of essays, which began life as the ninth series of Linacre Lectures before the University of Oxford, is concerned...

  Tags: Britain, essay, Litigation, MARKETING, University of Oxford

• Thinking small.

  - 2002-04-03

  Apr 04, 2002 The Economist ABIX via COMTEX -- Sir Ronald Cohen is one of the top businessmen in Britain. He learned a lot from his time at Oxford University in Britain and the Harvard Business School in the US. In the 1970s, he ...

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• Heroin smuggler Sandra Gregory wins place at Oxford University

  - 2001-07-08

  Convicted heroin smuggler Sandra Gregory is to study geography at Oxford University after being accepted by the Harris Manchester College for mature students. She will begin a three-year course next September after receiving an offer from the university. Gregory was jailed for 25 years after she was...

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