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Oxford College Says Cecil Rhodes Statue Will Stay
An Oxford University college said Thursday it will not take down a controversial statue of the 19th-century colonialist Cecil Rhodes, despite having backed its removal.
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Oxford College Votes To Remove Statue Of Man Behind Rhodes Scholarship
An Oxford University college has voted in favour of removing a statue of 19th-century colonialist Cecil Rhodes, less than two weeks after thousands of protestors called for it to be taken down.
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Oxford Chancellor Warns Against Rewriting History In Statue Row
The chancellor of Britain's Oxford University on Tuesday warned history should not be rewritten to meet modern notions of what is acceptable, in an apparent rebuff to a student campaign to remove a statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
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Statue Row Blots Nelson Mandela's Post-Apartheid Vision for South Africa
South Africa's University of Cape Town removed a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Thursday to cheers from students, a symbolic move that exposes persistent racial divides two decades after the end of apartheid.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe Defends Mine Ownership Plan, Lampoons "Brutal" West
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday defended his government's drive to take majority control of foreign-owned mining companies, saying investors must pay for exploiting Africa's mineral wealth.
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Oxford College Says Cecil Rhodes Statue Will Stay
An Oxford University college said Thursday it will not take down a controversial statue of the 19th-century colonialist Cecil Rhodes, despite having backed its removal.
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Oxford College Votes To Remove Statue Of Man Behind Rhodes Scholarship
An Oxford University college has voted in favour of removing a statue of 19th-century colonialist Cecil Rhodes, less than two weeks after thousands of protestors called for it to be taken down.
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Oxford Chancellor Warns Against Rewriting History In Statue Row
The chancellor of Britain's Oxford University on Tuesday warned history should not be rewritten to meet modern notions of what is acceptable, in an apparent rebuff to a student campaign to remove a statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
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Statue Row Blots Nelson Mandela's Post-Apartheid Vision for South Africa
South Africa's University of Cape Town removed a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Thursday to cheers from students, a symbolic move that exposes persistent racial divides two decades after the end of apartheid.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe Defends Mine Ownership Plan, Lampoons "Brutal" West
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday defended his government's drive to take majority control of foreign-owned mining companies, saying investors must pay for exploiting Africa's mineral wealth.
