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  • June 2008

    • Humiliating Defeat for UK Ruling Party

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 27, 08 6:45 AM CDT

      Humiliating Defeat for UK Ruling Party

      (Newser) - On the first anniversary of Gordon Brown's premiership, the Labour Party went down to a humiliating fifth-place finish in a special election near Oxford, reports the Times of London. Although the Tories had been expected to retain the seat vacated by new London mayor Boris Johnson, the ruling party came behind not only the third-party Liberal Democrats, but also the Greens and a whites-only extremist party. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • Conservative Party  • Oxford

  • November 2007

    • Holocaust Denier Roils Oxford Union

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 26, 07 11:46 AM CST

      Holocaust Denier Roils Oxford Union

      (Newser) - A British MP tendered his resignation to the Oxford Union yesterday in protest of the debating society’s invitation to Holocaust denier David Irving and anti-immigration leader Nick Griffin to speak tonight, reports the Telegraph . Julian Lewis, the Conservative Party’s shadow defense minister, said he was “ashamed” of the decision by the students, who voted 1,062 to 640 to hear the speakers. More »

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      Holocaust  • debates  • Oxford  • Oxford Union  • David Irving

  • July 2007

    • Oxford Evacuates as Water Rises

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 25, 07 11:26 AM CDT

      Oxford Evacuates as Water Rises

      (Newser) - Hundreds of residents were evacuated from their Oxford homes today as water levels along the Thames neared their height. In the worst flooding the UK has seen in 60 years, hundreds of thousands are without drinking water, and power plants supplying many more are threatened. More »

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      Great Britain  • Gordon Brown  • flood  • flooding  • relief  • Oxford  • rationing

  • June 2007

    • Mouse Stem Cell Discovery Speeds Cures

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jun 28, 07 4:29 AM CDT

      Mouse Stem Cell Discovery Speeds Cures

      (Newser) - British scientists have discovered a new type of stem cell in mice that's much closer to human embryonic stem cells, making them invaluable in the search for cures for diseases like Parkinson's and diabetes. Two independent teams from Oxford and Cambridge today revealed the "missing link" cells, which can speed research without the use of discarded human embryos. More »

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      science  • disease  • stem cells  • stem cell research  • Parkinson's disease  • mice  • Cambridge  • Oxford  • cells

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