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Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon of mass street protests sparked by the disputed June election.
A group that wants to build a resort and casino in western Maine says it has collected 99,000 signatures seeking to put the proposal to a statewide vote.
Demonstrators disrupted a forum at the venerable Oxford Union debating society Monday night but failed to stop an appearance by a far-right politician and a historian who denies the Holocaust.
The British defense secretary and at least three other lawmakers canceled appearances at Oxford University's debating society because of a speaking invitation made to David Irving, a historian once jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust.
Teabagger (n) a runner-up for Oxford's 2009 Word Of The YearKeith Olbermann delivers the news that among the finalists for The New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word Of The Year was "teabagger."
Iran condemns Oxford University over Neda scholarship - CNN.comIran condemns Oxford University over Neda scholarship
BBC NEWS | UK | Killed officer warned of shortageThe most senior British officer to be killed in the Afghan campaign had warned about the risks posed to troops by a shortage of helicopters. Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, 39, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, died in a roadside bombing.
On the Way to the N.F.L. Draft, a Year of Fulfillment in England OXFORD, England — Instead of chasing after wide receivers in the N.F.L., Myron Rolle came here to chase ghosts around the ancient campus of the University of Oxford.
BBC NEWS | England | Oxfordshire | Schoolgirl killer driver jailedA boarder at a public school has been jailed for two years and four months for killing her best friend while drinking and driving.
Centenarian "Bear-hugged" Thief101-year-old Kazimierz Michalski "grabbed Stephen Gillespie" after Gillespie stole his wallet.
Steampunk Art @ Oxford Museum"Imagine the technology of today with the aesthetic of Victorian science.
Call to ban legal drug by Oxford expert (From Oxford Mail)A LEGAL drug available over the counter of a city centre shop is set to be banned after it was declared dangerous by a Government drug adviser.
Armed attacks on city's tourists Police have increased security patrols in Oxford after tourists were targeted by robbers in six separate attacks.
David Cameron to be played by young comic in Channel 4 Bullingdon Club drama The Conservative party leader, and likely future prime minister, will be portrayed in the Channel 4 programme by 24-year-old Jonny Sweet, who is appearing in a one-man show at the Edinburgh Fringe next month.
Sky-high Ambition: John Carver Has a Flying TricycleJohn Carver has a flying tricycle that is partially powered by a lawnmower engine.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Wireless power system shown offImagine a world where you wouldn't need to plug in your electronics to get their power or charged and totally replacing the need of batteries. Well that world might be here...
New Oxford Thesaurus a 44-Year Labour of Linguistic LoveThe biggest thesaurus in the world will be published this autumn after a labour of love spanning five decades. Work on the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1965.
Oxford graduate died after being injected with experimental drug by sister Scotland Yard has investigated the death of a 22-year-old Oxford University graduate who collapsed after being injected with an experimental anti-ageing drug by her sister.
Oxford University calls in Robert Stern to end competition deadlockThe original shortlist for a new £30 million Institute of Public Policy — itself part of a wider £1.25 billion new university campus — featured Wilkinson Eyre, Make and Dixon Jones alongside traditionalist firms Stanhope Gate and John Simpson & Partners.
History students are most promiscuousThe survey of more than 850 students by Oxford University student newspaper Cherwell also revealed that students who do not have sex more than once a month are most likely to get a first in their degree.
Ribadu reflects on corruption in Nigeriaappeared before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday May 19
Ducks like water study 'waste of £300,000 taxpayers' money'The assumption has always been that rainy weather is good for ducks. Now a three-year study funded to the tune of £300,000 by the taxpayer has proved it.
Trigger Happy Cops Jailed For Taser AttackMISSISSIPPI --- Law enforcement officers who get trigger happy with their Taser guns need to pay attention to the fate of a father and son cop team in Tippah County, Mississippi.
Of Loos and Language-----"Knackered?" A poet friend, Vincent Katz, was over for dinner the other night and asked me with a twinkle in his eye if I was "knackered." Katz came to poetry via rock 'n roll, and to Oxford via the University of Chicago, and along the way he picked up some English vernacular.
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