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AGA KHAN VISITS CANADA FROM 28 TO 30 JANUARY - 2002-01-29
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageOttawa, Ontario - (CPM): Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced that His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th Hereditary Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, will visit Canada from January 28 to 30, 2002. 'It is an honour to welcome His Highness the Aga Khan to Canada,' said the Prime Minister. 'In his capacity as a religious leader and through the Development Network that bears his name, the Aga Khan has contributed significantly to advancement and stability in Asia and Africa while promoting Islam as a thinking, spiritual faith that teaches compassion.'
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AGA KHAN LAMENTS WEST'S BIAIS AGAINST ISLAM - 2002-03-13
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageThe Nation, Karachi: Aga Khan deliberated upon the various facets of US' understanding of Islam and lamented the bias against Islam in the West. Commenting on the post-Sept 11 developments, he emphasised the need for a better understanding of Islam and the issues perturbing the Muslim mind around the world by the West. He said the West needs to realise that the majority of the Muslim Ummah was never in favour of the policies of the Taliban.
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AGA KHAN VISITS DAR ES SALAAM - 2002-07-18
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageH.H. the Aga Khan met with around 10,000 of his followers at the Diamond Jubilee Complex in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at 2:30 P.M.. Talking about the wonderful tradition of volunteering services and of volunteers, he said '..there are some that I see with my eyes and some that I feel with my heart'. . The Daily Nation (Nairobi - Kenya) on 19 July 2002 also mentions the presence of H.H. The Aga Khan at the International Investment Round table meeting in Dar es Salaam on previous day with a photo of both the Aga Khan and World Bank President James Wolfensohn.
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AGA KHAN NETWORK PLEDGES TO SUPPORT LOCAL PROJECTS - 2002-06-22
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageSunday Nation - The Aga Khan Development Network has pledged continued investment in the country's social and economic projects. The network's resident representative, Mr Anil Ishani, said the support would not be affected by the political or economic situation as the organisation was confident that the people of Kenya would manage their affairs well.
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AGA KHAN WANTS TO REACTIVATE TEXLOM - 2002-11-08
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageMaputo, Mozambique - The Paris-based Aga Khan Network is considering reviving the giant Mozambican textile company Texlom, in the southern city of Matola.Texlom, which once employed 3,000 workers, has been paralysed for the past four years, and was declared bankrupt in 2001. A Mozambican government source told AIM that an Aga-Khan mission, headed by Nazim Ahmad, visited Maputo in October to contact the Mozambican authorities and study the possibility of rehabilitating the factory.
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AGA KHAN ORGANIZATION TO OPEN MICRO- FINANCE BANK IN TAJIKISTAN - 2002-05-07
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageTajik Television: A microfinance bank will be opened with the financial support of the Aga Khan Development Network in the country this year, an expert on microfinance of the Aga Khan Development Network, said during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Qozimdavlat Qoimdodov. The bank will deal in savings and granting credits to individuals, financial groups and especially needy families and other sections of the population. The bank's headquarters will be situated in Dushanbe.
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AGA KHAN, MIT, HARVARD TO LAUNCH ARCHITECTURAL WEB SITE - 2002-09-25
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageBoston Globe. An Islamic spiritual leader has united with Harvard, MIT and six Middle Eastern universities to create a Web site its creators hope will advance architecture throughout the Islamic world. The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, also hopes to link war-torn places such as Sarajevo and Kabul to the Web, empower women and foster East-West dialogue through the site, which took four years to create.
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AGA KHAN PLANS ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM IN TORONTO - 2002-10-09
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageTORONTO (Reuters) - The Aga Khan, the billionaire spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims, will build the English-speaking world's biggest Islamic art museum and cultural center in Toronto after plans to buy a site in London failed, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The Aga Khan Development Network, one of the charitable institutions and businesses headed by the Aga Khan, said the museum would house artifacts from renowned private collections including those of the Aga Khan and of the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London.
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AKDN INITIATES US$25 MILLION KABUL HOTEL PROJECT - 2002-11-20
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageKabul, Afghanistan - Prince Amyn Aga Khan, younger brother of His Highness the Aga Khan, today announced a substantial investment by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to initiate tourism, commercial and urban redevelopment in the capital of Afghanistan through the establishment of a world-class hotel in the centre of Kabul.
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AGA KHAN PLANS VARSITY IN KAMPALA (UGANDA) - 2002-07-17
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageThe Monitor - A new university should bring smiles on the faces of Uganda's doctors, nurses and teachers. His Highness the Aga Khan yesterday named these professions as the main focus of a proposed Aga Khan University in East Africa campus in Kampala. The Aga Khan was jointly with President Yoweri Museveni addressing a press conference at State House, Nakasero, in Kampala. The two leaders signed a supplementary protocol of co-operation for development between Uganda and the Aga Khan Development Network.
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AKHS TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES - 2002-10-14
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageNairobi (The East African) : AGA KHAN Health Services, Tanzania, has started to provide high quality healthcare services to the members of the newly formed Tanzania National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) in an agreement reached in Dar es Salaam last month. The move will see NHIF members receiving high standards of care from AKHS health facilities in six centres where the AKHS runs hospitals.
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AGA KHAN PROJECT DONATES Sh4m TO MOMBASA PROJECTS - 2002-10-03
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageThe Daily Nation (Nairobi). Thirteen selected projects in Mombasa yesterday benefited from a Sh4 million community relations programme launched by the Tsavo Power Company. Beneficiaries included the Bombolulu Centre for the Physically Handicapped, which received Sh488,000, Ziwani School for the Deaf and the Likoni School for the Blind (Sh468,000 each).
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AKRSP FACES EXTREMISTS' IRE - 2002-08-04
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageSince the mid-1980s, the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) had steadily expanded its development projects in the region, winning strong grassroots support. But over the last three years, the group has often been on the defensive. After several bomb threats and acts of sabotage, a powerful explosion in late 2000 prompted the AKRSP to shutter its offices here. The closing was only temporary, but it came as a blow to aid workers who thought they had made progress in overcoming years of sectarian strife.
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AGA KHAN PROPOSAL A BOON FOR TORONTO - 2002-10-10
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageIn what something of a major coup, Toronto has landed an exciting cultural and intellectual investment
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AKU ALLOWED TO ESTABLISHED EXAMINATION BOARD - 2002-11-08
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf on Friday promulgated Aga Khan University Examination Board Ordinance 2002 to establish an examination board under government's policy to encourage public-private partnership... The ordinance said that it was desirable in the national interest to aspire to standards of excellence in the field of education, and the government considers important to offer the people of Pakistan more educational options and to improve school examinations.
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AGA KHAN SCHOOLS HAVE A VERY INTERESTING AND BUSY OPEN DAY - 2002-05-19
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageCoastweek: The Aga Khan Junior Academy and The Aga Khan Kenya Secondary School had a very busy Open Day recently. The students and teachers had worked very hard to produce some truly amazing and beautiful projects and displays related to the academic work that goes on at the school. There were projects on a wide range of subjects such as Science, Literature, Geography, History, Art and French.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AGA KHAN - 2001-10-31
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageOn the occasion of the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Robert Ivy talked with His Highness the Aga Khan about the architectural, social, and environmental issues facing Islam today. The following interview was conducted at Aiglemont, France, on August 31. Due to the events of September 11, the interview has recently been updated. An abbreviated version of this interview appears in the February, 2002 issue of RECORD.
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AGA KHAN SEEKS FORMER STUDENTS - 2002-08-06
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage- The Monitor - Kampala: 'The Aga Khan schools, once some of the best in Uganda, have moved to rebuild their history. The Aga Khan Educational Service (AKES) in Uganda has set aside Aug. 16-18 for 'homecoming' activities to bring together former students of its 15 schools. AKES chairman Amin Shivji said yesterday that the homecoming is meant to inspire the current students of the Aga Khan schools in Uganda, through interaction with successful alumni.'
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AGA KHAN SEES BETTER ECONOMIC INDICATORS - 2002-03-15
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageThe News, Islamabad: The Aga Khan has said that economic indicators in Pakistan look significantly better. 'My belief is that they will continue to improve,' he said while speaking on PTV programme 'News Night' late on Wednesday night.
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AGA KHAN STUDS LAUNCHES WEB SITE - 2002-08-15
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage: Thoroughbred Times (USA) - Aga Khan Studs has recently launched a Web site that provides comprehensive information on the stallions standing at the stud in Ireland and France as well as the latest developments of the horses owned and bred by the Aga Khan. The site's stallion section features progeny details, pedigree information, race records, and other information, including on-line nomination requests. The site also includes a section that chronicles the history of the Aga Khan family's involvement in Thoroughbred racing and breeding for the last 80 years.
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