Oxford gain revenge by eclipsing Cambridge in Boat Race Mar 31st, 2013 - 18:40h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Oxford buried memories of their painful defeat 12 months ago as they surged past Cambridge to win the 159th University Boat Race by almost two lengths on a chilly and windy River Thames on Sunday. Last year Oxford felt they had bee... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : oxford, gain, revenge, eclipsing, cambridge, boat, race, Top Keywords

Daniel Day-Lewis gives poet dad's work to Oxford Oct 30th, 2012 - 09:10h (CET +01.00) Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is donating papers belonging to his father, the poet Cecil Day-Lewis, to Oxford University. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : daniel, daylewis, gives, poet, dad's, work, oxford, Top Keywords

Suu Kyi receives honour from Oxford University Jun 20th, 2012 - 13:30h (CET +01.00) Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford University on Wednesday, in the city where she studied and brought up the family she would later leave behind. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : receives, honour, oxford, university, dad's, work, oxford, Top Keywords

Suu Kyi to receive honour from Oxford University Jun 20th, 2012 - 09:30h (CET +01.00) Aung San Suu Kyi was to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford University on Wednesday in the city where she studied and brought up the family she would later leave behind. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : receive, honour, oxford, university, dad's, work, oxford, Top Keywords

Myanmar's Suu Kyi visits London, Oxford on UK tour Jun 19th, 2012 - 11:00h (CET +01.00) Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has started her four day visit to the UK, visiting places that she once lived but has not seen for 24 years. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : myanmar's, visits, london, oxford, tour, work, oxford, Top Keywords

Suu Kyi to make bittersweet return to Oxford Jun 17th, 2012 - 13:20h (CET +01.00) Before Aung San Suu Kyi was a prisoner of conscience and a political icon, she inhabited a world of children's birthday parties, university libraries and bicycle-filled English suburbs. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : make, bittersweet, return, oxford, tour, work, oxford, Top Keywords

Aung San Suu Kyi to receive honorary Oxford doctorate May 24th, 2012 - 20:50h (CET +01.00) Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Britain's prestigious Oxford University, her alma mater announced Thursday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : aung, receive, honorary, oxford, doctorate, work, oxford, Top Keywords

Oxford University, Vatican libraries to digitize works Apr 12th, 2012 - 01:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (BAV) said on Thursday they intended to digitize 1.5 million pages of ancient texts and make them freely available online. The libraries said... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : oxford, university, vatican, libraries, digitize, works, oxford, Top Keywords

Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race halted by swimmer Apr 7th, 2012 - 16:30h (CET +01.00) The Oxford and Cambridge University boat race was halted Saturday because of a man swimming in the River Thames, in one of the first incidents of its kind in the event's 158-year history. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : oxfordcambridge, boat, race, halted, swimmer, works, oxford, Top Keywords

Pedestrians walk past the scene of a murder on Oxford Street ... Dec 28th, 2011 - 12:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Pedestrians walk past the scene of a murder on Oxford Street in London, December 28, 2011. An 18-year-old was stabbed to death in front of horrified shoppers on Monday during a fight between two groups of youths on London's Oxford Str... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pedestrians, walk, past, scene, murder, oxford, street, Top Keywords