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UN POUMON POUR LE CAIRE2004, December 27: Le parc, qui a ouvert ses portes en octobre dernier, est l'un des projets les plus ambitieux jamais réalisés par les services culturels de l'« Agha Khan Trust for Culture ». L'idée a germé il y a 20 ans, lorsque l'Agha Khan découvre, lors d'une conférence consacrée à la croissance urbaine du Caire, que les habitants ne disposent, en termes d'espaces verts, que l'équivalent d'une empreinte de pied par personne. Il décide dès lors d'offrir à la ville non pas l'un de ces espaces publics pelés coincés entre deux voies rapides, mais un parc digne de ce nom.
[Le Guide]
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QUAND L'ISLAM CONSTRUIT L'AVENIR2004, December 12: En fondant son prix, Karim Aga Khan voulait sortir « l'architecture musulmane d'une situation de pastiche qui était celle de l'architecture européenne à la fin du XIXe siècle ». À l'époque, on ne jurait que par la période mamelouke ou fatimide. Trente ans après, le 49e imam des ismaéliens peut se féliciter des résultats obtenus. Les architectes du monde arabo-musulman s'inscrivent aujourd'hui résolument dans la modernité sans pour autant oublier les brillants acquis de leur civilisation.
[Jeune Afrique]
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HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN WILL MEET MUSHARRAF IN FRANCE2004, December 8: According to The News, President General Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to meet Prince Karim Aga Khan in France during his two day visit.
[NetIndia123]
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AGA KHAN ATTENDS INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT KARZAI2004, December 7: The inauguration of President Karzai took place today in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two chairs away on the left of President Karzai sat His Highness the Aga Khan. The city was given a day off, with all roads around the Palace closed.
[Press Release]
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AGA KHAN, CROCKER CALL ON SOOMRO2004, December 6: Acting President Mohammedmian Soomro has appreciated the keen interest of Prince Karim Aga Khan in the socio-economic development of Pakistan. Mr Soomro was talking to the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, who had called on him on Monday.
[Dawn News][Dawn Picture]
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PRIME MINISTER SHAUKAT AZIZ ASKS HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN TO INVEST IN PAKISTAN2004, December 6: Islamabad - Prince Karim Aha Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismailis, called on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at Prime Minister’s House on Sunday and the two discussed the regional and international situation.
[Daily Times] [Geo World] [Dawn] [The National News] [Picture- Pakistan Observer] [Daily Times Photo]
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AKF TO ESTABLISH CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE2004, December 2: The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, on Thursday cleared plans for the setting up of an international school of excellence in Andhra Pradesh.
[WebIndia123] [TeamIndia]
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COMMEMMORATIVE STAMPS ON AGRA FORT RELEASED2004, Novembre 28: AGRA - Two postage stamps to commemmorate the Agra Fort were released here today by Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Shakeel Ahmed.
[Team India] [Kerala News] [View Stamps]
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MONUMENTAL MAGIC AT AGA KHAN AWARDS2004, Novembre 28: NEW DELHI: As the Humayun tomb glowed like a jewel, the 9th Aga Khan Architecture Awards were presented by the Aga Khan in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
[Times of India][India News] [The Star] [Bernama] [Speech] [Press Release][Slide Show - AKDN][Video Clip][Zaman Online][The East African][Pic from Bahrain News][AKAA Ceremony Video][Video of all seven Recipients][More Pics][Press Release][Interview] [Times Online][More photos]
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ALL SET FOR AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE2004, Novembre 27: The prestigious Aga Khan award for architecture will be presented at a glittering ceremony in the gardens of Humayun's Tomb here Saturday afternoon. The high-profile award presentation ceremony will be attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Aga Khan, ministers, top diplomats, architects and bureaucrats.
[Indo-Asia News][Washington Post] [Times of India] [The Telegraph] [PIB] [Interview on DD TV]
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MUSLIMS' PROFILING AS TERRORISTS QUESTIONED2004, Novembre 27: New Dehli- Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismailis, has described the strife in Jammu and Kashmir as an issue of extreme despondency, on a par with the conflict in the Middle East, The Times of India reported on Saturday.
[Indo-Asia News]
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AGA KHAN MEETS P. CHIDAMABARAM2004, Novembre 26: The spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, His Highness, the Aga Khan, today called on Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the capital. The Aga Khan is meeting the Indian leadership to discuss the broadening framework of activities being undertaken by the Aga Khan Development Network in the country.
[News Kerala] [The Agha Khan calls on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on November 25, 2004] [His Highness, The Agha Khan calls on the Vice President Shri Bhairo Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi on November 25, 2004 ]
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AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHTIECTURE2004, Novembre 26:The presentation ceremony of the 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture will be held at the Gardens of Humayun’s Tomb, on November 27, at 4.30 pm, followed by a banquet at Arab-ki-Serai. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, His Highness The Aga Khan, Union ministers, heads of diplomatic missions, guests and prominent international and Indian architects will attend the ceremony.
[Mid-Day][PIB][News Kerala]
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RECLAMING LOST MUSICAL LEGACY2004, Novembre 25: Probably the finest rubab player of his generation from Afghanistan, Homayun has finally been able to find a little bit of "home'' with the help of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture's Music Initiative in Central Asia.
[The Hindu]
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AGA KHAN CALLS ON KALAM, NATWAR2004, Novembre 25: Spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, the Aga Khan, today met President A P J Abdul Kalam and discussed his educational projects in India...The Aga Khan informed the President that he proposed to set up centres of excellence in 20 countries.
[India News][National][Pic with President]
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SHRI REDDY MEETS HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN 2004, Novembre 25: His Highness The Aga Khan today met the Union Minister of Culture, Shri Jaipal Reddy. They discussed the efforts of the Aga Khan Foundation in restoring the historical monuments in India and elsewhere.
[PIB]
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AGA KHAN MEETS NATWAR SINGH2004, Novembre 25: The spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, His Highness The Aga Khan, today called on External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh in the Capital.
[ANI]
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OLD CAIRO TRANSFORMED BY PARK PROJECT2004, Novembre 23: BBC, in Darb al-Ahmar, Cairo - Thanks to a $45m seven-year project by the Aga Khan Development Network, the dumping ground has been transformed into al-Azhar Park - North Africa's largest urban green space.
[BBC News]
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CAPITAL VENUE FOR AGA KHAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD2004, Novembre 22: New Dehli - This weekend will see the environs at Humayun’s Tomb come alive with an evening of history and architectural excellence. The tomb has been chosen as the venue for the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2004.
[Dehli Newsline]
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THE NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE 2005 VINCENT J. SCULLY PRIZE2004, Novembre 19: The National Building Museum's fifth Vincent Scully Prize will be presented on January 25, 2005 to His Highness The Aga Khan, in recognition of his contributions to promoting design excellence and improving the built environment in the Muslim world.
[PRNewsWire]
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MONUMENT TO FANCY2004, Novembre 11-17: In the heart of Old Cairo, on the edge of a slum, a park is born. Yasmine El-Rashidi watches a phoenix emerge from the ashes. Cairo is a city of streets, pavements and apartment blocks. A city committed to tarmac and concrete, with a very low tolerance for nature and open space. Not only does it have no equivalent of London's Hyde Park or New York's Central Park, but even a truncated version of those urban gardens has always seemed an unlikely eventuality. But we should remember that the city's relentlessly urban texture is a relatively recent phenomenon. The Cairo that was rebuilt by the Fatimids (969-974) and named Al-Qahira ("the victorious") consisted of 20 per cent open space (30 hectares) -- and this balance was preserved by both the Ayubids and the Mamelukes after them.
[Al Ahram][Tour Egypt]
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UN POUMON DE TRENTE HECTARES POUR LE CAIRE2004, Novembre 9: Egypte · Le parc public d'Al-Azhar a fait revenir les oiseaux au coeur historique de la gigantesque et étouffante capitale. Offert à la ville par l'Agha Khan, il fait aussi le pari d'insuffler une nouvelle vie économique aux quartiers voisins.
[La Liberté]
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HOSPITAL RECEIVES ACCREDITATION2004, November 4: The Aga Khan Hospital, Tanzania announced on Tuesday that six of its upcountry Primary Medical Centres in Iringa, Dodoma, Mwanza, Morogoro, Mbeya and the new Mwanjelwa dispensary received ISO 9001:2000 accreditation in October 2004.
[The Express]
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AKDN PROJECTS IN SYRIA2004, November 2: Governor of Aleppo Osama Adi and Manager of Projects Development at Agha Khan Network Marco Najhouf on Tuesday discussed prospects of cooperation between Aleppo and the Network in the fields of culture and tourism. Adi was briefed on the best means for investment of places around the Citadel of Aleppo through restoration of the existing buildings and reuse them in a way to achieve the economic feasibility.
[Arabic News 3 November] [Arabic News 21 October]
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DIE GEBIRGSUNIVERSITAT DES AGA KHANS2004, November 2: Eigens auf die Bedürfnisse von Bergregionen Zentralasiens zugeschnitten, soll die neu gegründete University of Central Asia (UCA) entscheidend zum wirtschaftlichen Neustart benachteiligter Randregionen beitragen. Ihr Gründer, der Aga Khan, strebt bereits jetzt eine Ausweitung des universitären Netzwerkes auf alle Bergregionen der Erde an.
[German Text in NZZ]
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ALEPPO GOVERNOR MEETS AGHA KHAN2004, October 31: Aleppo’s Governor Ossama Adi on Sunday conferred with Emir Rahem Agha Khan, Member of the Economic Committee at Agha Khan Foundation for Development, on cooperation areas with Agha Khan Foundation in the fields of tourism, culture and preserving human heritage.During the meeting, Governor Adi talked about the projects being implemented in cooperation with the Foundation in Aleppo’s old city to rehabilitate and enhance it through offering small loans to families, in addition to the works of restoration in Aleppo’s famous Citadel.
[Sana]
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PRINCE RAHIM AGA KHAN IN SYRIA2004, October 31: Prince Rahim is in Aleppo, Syria today, discussing development projects. Two days ago he was in Damascus and yesterday he was in Salamieh where he visited the council and AKDN offices and his grandfather Prince Aly Khan's mausoleum. Prince Rahim met the Mufti of Aleppo Ahmad Hassoon who gave him a portrait of the 99 beautiful names of Allah.
[More from Sana]
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PAMIR PEOPLE LEADING REFORM IN TAJIKISTAN2004, October 26: In an interview to Asia Plus [Russian edition], Ambassador Richard Hoagland from USA said that he visited the Pamir Energy Project where the World Bank and the Aga Khan Foundation have provided loans to rebuild the Soviet-era power station. he saw that many international organizations and financial institutions are very active in Gorno-Badakhshan, especially the Aga Khan Foundation. And they all appear to have a very good three-way partnership: the international organizations, the government of Gorno-Badakhshan, and the people of Gorno-Badakhshan.
[Asia Plus]
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CANADA PLEDGES C$8.2m FOR N.AREAS, CHITRAL UPLIFT2004, October 24: Canada, according to Mr. Hughes, takes keen interest in supporting sustainable development in developing countries. As AKRSP has brought tangible improvement in this region, Cida can draw lessons as well as satisfaction from its contribution to this programme and to human development in Northern Areas. The AKRSP is a valuable investment of the Canadian taxpayers dollars, as it has evolved into an important model for rural development within and outside Pakistan.
[Dawn]
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BABUR'S GARDENS EMERGE FROM RUBBLE OF WAR2004, October 21: The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) together with the Historical Cities Support Group and UN Habitat are peeling open a slice of history at the Bagh-e-Babur, the gardens that are named for Babur, the founder of the Mughal empire which stretched at one point from the Hindukush in the north to the Deccan in the south. It's history that has been buried for over 30 years under a mountain of rubble.
[Gulf News]
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OTTAWA CENTRE FOR AKDN2004, October 19: Renowned Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki has designed a landmark Sussex Drive building for the Aga Khan Foundation that aims to create a positive image of Islam and strengthen Canada's role in the Aga Khan's humanitarian activities. The Ottawa Centre for the Aga Khan Development Network is the first building in the world designed to represent the Aga Khan and his agencies.
[Ottawa Citizen]
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IN A DECAYING CAIRO QUARTER, A VISION OF GREEN AND RENEWAL2004, October 19: CAIRO - Can thoughtful urban planning heal deep cultural wounds? That is the question raised by the new 74-acre Azhar Park, whose luxurious hilltop gardens are meant to spawn a revival of this city's old decaying Islamic quarter. Conceived 20 years ago by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, a font of revitalization projects in the Muslim world, the project's aims could not be more noble. The park is the largest green space created in Cairo in over a century, reversing a trend in which unchecked development has virtually eradicated the city's once-famous parks.
[New York Times]
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CANADIANS PLEDGE $5.2m TO AKU2004, October 5:A group of 260 Canadian professionals will contribute 5.2 million dollars to establish a Performing Arts Centre at the Aga Khan University in Karachi. The group comprising doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, architects and other professionals announced their pledge at a well-attended dinner organized here on Wednesday by the Aga Khan University Resource Development Committee for Ontario, Canada.
[Dawn]
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AGA KHAN SEEKS DIVORCE2004, October 9: Gouvieux, France - The Secretariat of His Highness the Aga Khan confirms that His Highness and his wife have been separated for more than 18 months and are currently living apart. The Aga Khan filed for divorce in France four months ago.
[Scotsman][Press Release] [Point de Vue][Reuters]
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AGA KHAN ATTENDS "VOICES OF CENTRAL ASIA"2004, October 1: H.H. the Aga Khan along with Prince Amyn Mohamed attended the "Voices of Central Asia" in London England at the London Coliseum. The event was open and the Jamat was also present. The program was to start around 8pm and H.H the Aga Khan arrived at 8:10pm in a simple black audi. He did not sit in the box as expected, but sat amongst all the Ismailis. He was attending as this show was associated with The Aga Khan Trust for Culture. His Highness also attended the reception which took place following the program.
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PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MENTIONS AN UPCOMING MEETING WITH H.H THE AGA KHAN2004, September 28: President Musharraf plans to hold a meeting with H.H the Aga Khan to discuss matters of mutual interest.
[The GEO Pakistan News ][Pakistan Times ]
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CHICAGO PARTNERSHIP WALK TO HELP END GLOBAL POVERTY 2004, September 27: Approximately 5,500 people participated in the Chicago Partnership Walk yesterday at Soldier Field to show their support for international cooperation and for ending poverty around the world. Over $425,000 was raised in Chicago through this event.
[The Business Wire]
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PARADISE IS A GARDEN, AND CAIRO NOW HAS ITS OWN2004, September 21: The Al-Azhar Park is its largest endeavor to date, but it has also helped transform Darb al-Ahmar - upgrading homes and schools and providing meeting centers and health facilities.The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) relies on community involvement throughout and beyond the building and-or restoration phase of the work. By placing people - not projects - at the center of its strategies, it has achieved outstanding results.
[The Daily Star ]
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NO CONFLICT BETWEEN ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY2004, September 12: In an interview published by Deutsche Welle on 12 September 2004, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV argues that today's Middle Eastern terrorists are fueled by political motivations and not religion. Q: Your majesty, the world is shocked by terrorist attacks that are carried out by people who claim to be fighting for Islam. You, as a prominent Muslim leader, have claimed that Islam is a religion of peace. Does that mean that Islam has two faces?
[More]
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AZAMOUR JUST CHAMPION2004, September 11: Azamour stormed to victory in a thrilling Baileys Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown today. Just as pleased was winning owner the Aga Khan, who watched the race from an unusual vantage point. He was in the air, his helicopter having been delayed in landing by air traffic control restrictions. When the Aga Khan did finally touch down, he was greeted by a round of applause as he raced across from the centre of the course to join the celebrations in the winner's enclosure.
[Sporting Life]
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AGA KHAN: DEMOCRACY, PLURALISM KEY TO STABILITY2004, September 8: BERLIN: Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary imam of Shiite Ismaili Muslims and founder of the Aga Khan Development Network, said Tuesday that democratic governance, pluralism and civil society are the three preconditions for developing countries to be transformed into peaceful, modern societies. Speaking at the fifth German Ambassadors Conference, the theme of which was "The Future of the Near and Middle East," the Aga Khan stressed the need to mutually reinforce democratic governance, pluralism and civil society to create an environment in which societies in developing countries could develop and prosper. Emphasising the importance of stable and competent democratic governance, the Aga Khan said that nearly 40 percent of UN members were failed democracies, spanning the Muslim world, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa.
[Daily Star] [The News] [Die Welt] [Deutsche Welle]
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PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT SIGNED2004, September 7: BERLIN: Germany - "Global stability will only be realised if poverty, hunger and injustice are overcome," stated German Federal Minister for Economic and Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul on the occasion of the signing today of a Memorandum of Understanding with His Highness the Aga Khan. The aim of this agreement is the deepening of cooperation between the BMZ and the Aga Khan Development Network, particularly in crisis prone-countries of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
[Press Release w/photo] [The News] [Dawn] [Deutche Welle]
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H.H. THE AGA KHAN KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO GERMAN AMBASSADORS2004, September 6: Berlin - AFP - German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer warned Monday that Europe was at a crossroads in the fight against terrorism and must engage in the Middle East or risk having conflict exported to its doorstep. In a keynote speech, the Aga Khan urged the German ambassadors to try to stay one step ahead of developments in the Muslim world if they want to help prevent further conflict. "Predictability is probably the most serious thing the West has to deal with in the Islamic world today. If you do not understand the forces at play you cannot predict what is going to happen," he said.
[Spiegel 6 Sept 2004] [Turkish Press] [AKDN] [Speech] [Peninsula] [Sueddeutsche][Spiegel 7 Sept. 2004]
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MULTI-STAKEHOLDERS FORUM CREATED IN NORTHERN AREAS2004, August 28: GILGIT, Pakistan - (PNS) - A non-government organizations have formed a mega forum involving various stockholders of the region to encourage public participation and promote awareness for participatory planning and integrated programming in the Northern Areas. With the active participation of more than 0 multi-stakeholders and after a hectic debate spanning over two days, the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) which is a non-profit organization working with rural communities in the region since 80s and Karakorum Area Development Organization (KADO), a local community development organization formed a supra forum "Hunza Development Forum".
[Paknews]
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LOST IN SPICE2004, August 27: Change is coming quickly to Zanzibar. Stone Town's best buildings are being restored gradually, often with aid from the Aga Khan's foundation, which pours money into Tanzania. The repainted Ismaili Dispensary is now a cultural centre. The House of Wonders was the biggest building in East Africa and had Africa's first lift when it was built in 1883 as a ceremonial centre by the third sultan. Now the national museum, it is worth visiting just for its intricate doors. Next door the Arab fort is an open forum for food and music.
[Fairfax]
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AKRSP CELEBRATES WINNING THE ASHDEN AWARD2004, August 14: CHITRAL - A function was held to celebrate the Ashden Award received by AKRSP Chitral in London, at a Local Hotel here. DCO Chitral Presided over the function while District Nazim Shahzada Muhyuddin was the Chief Guest. Speaking on the occasion the Chief Guest congratulated AKRSP and the communities involved in establishing micro hydels on receiving Ashden award.
[Chitral News] [Green Futures]
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AKAA TO BE HELD AT AGRA FORT2004, August 07: The Aga Khan Award for Achitecture ceremony is going to take place at Agra Fort later this year, the sources said. The Aga Khan award ceremony is taking place in India for the first time and the State administration is making all efforts to make both the events a grand success, they said.
[The Hindu]
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TAJIK ISMAILIS2004, August 05: THE RECENT DEATH of Ronald Reagan led many in the West to celebrate once again the fall of the Soviet Union 13 years ago. But in Khorog, a town of around 25,000 on the Tajik-Afghan border, that historic event is remembered with less happy feelings. Abandoned cranes, half-finished cement buildings and the hulls of Soviet tanks all hark back to an era when subsidies ran rich to this distant corner of Moscow's empire. Over lunch, Zebo, a local university student, frankly describes what holds up the economy: "Without the Aga Khan we would all be dead. There would be nothing to eat."
[EER]
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MUSEVENI AGA KHAN HOLD TALK2004, August 04: According to the New Vision published in Kampala, published on August 6, President Yoweri Museveni helds a meeting with the visiting His Highness the Aga Khan at Parliamentary Buildings on Wednesday August 4, 2004.
[New Vision w/photo]
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AGA KHAN FOUNDATION GIVES 1 MILLION DOLLARS FOR SAREZ2004, August 04: Tajikistan receives equipment to monitor Lake Sarez flood threat. The Swiss Fela company has recently delivered satellite equipment for a monitoring system and for early warnings at Lake Sarez [over 3,000 m up in the Pamirs in eastern Tajikistan] to Tajikistan, Rustam Bobojonov, coordinator of a World Bank project on reducing the risk of Lake Sarez overflow, told Avesta. The total cost of the World Bank project on reducing the risk of Sarez Lake overflow is 4.22m dollars. Of this sum, 2.9m dollars is a grant from the Swiss government; 1m dollars is from the Aga Khan Foundation.
[AVESTA] [Related link]
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MODELE CANADIEN D'ASSISTANCE POUR L’AKDN2004, August 03: KABOUL - L’un des organismes non gouvernementaux d’Afghanistan financés par l’Agence canadienne de développement international (ACDI) , est l’Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Cet organisme présent dans de nombreux autres pays comme l’Inde, le Kenya, le Pakistan, la Syrie, etc. est actif dans trois secteurs précis, soit le Développement économique, le Développement social et la culture.
[Artisan]
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GREEN ACRES2004, August 01: In a concrete-heavy city, landscapers hope Al-Azhar park will help unearth a greener Cairo. Looking across Al-Azhar park, your eye is immediately drawn to the stark brown walls of the citadel and the jaunty domes of the Muhammad Ali mosque. But as you look off to the west, the city drops below the horizon, leaving only a surreal panorama of scattered minarets floating behind a grassy foreground.
[Business Today]
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MUHWEZI WELCOMES NEW NURSES SCHOOL2004, July 29: Kampala - HEALTH minister Jim Muhwezi has hailed the Aga Khan Foundation for establishing development projects, especially empowering women by opening a nursing school in the country. Earlier, the Aga Khan University board of trustees discussed ways of improving the status of the university and increasing the intake. The acting provost, David Taylor, said, "By 2008, we want this to be an international, comprehensive university."
[New Vision]
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ANOTHER AGA KHAN INSTITUTE PLANNED FOR DAR2004, July 26: The Aga Khan University (AKU) plans to establish an institute of educational development in Dar es Salaam. The move will bring to two, the number of academic disciplines run in the country by the non-profit organization. Shams Kassim-Lakha said the new institute would be established after the successful completion of a Professional Development Centre (PDC) project established in 2000. Kassim-Lakha was speaking at a dinner hosted in honour of AKU International board of trustees. AKU is currently running a Post Graduate Medical Education Programme (PGME) in Dar es Salaam since May this year and an Advanced Nursing Programme with a total of 173 students.
[IPP] [The Express 22 July]
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MOSTAR: ON THE RECOVERED FACILITIES IN HISTORIC CENTRE OF THE CITY2004, July 23: MOSTAR, July 23 (FENA) – The Press Centre in Mostar today hosted a press conference on the recovered facilities in the historic centre of Mostar and on the facilities that are currently being recovered. Mayor Hamdija Jahic thanked the City of Mostar and foundations Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the World Monuments Fund, which have participated in recovering 35 smaller facilities in the old city core.
[Fena] [WMF] [AKDN]
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AGA KHAN GRACES UMEA ANNIVERSARY2004, July 20: KAMPALA — The Aga Khan has urged Muslims to strive to create a better future for the young generation. The Spiritual Leader of the Ismaili Muslim Community was yesterday presiding over the 60th anniversary celebration of the Uganda Muslim Education Association (UMEA) at Kibuli Mosque.
[The Monitor 21 July] [New Vision 21 July]
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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY TO EASE STAFF SHORTAGE 2004, July 20: Speaking at a luncheon hosted by the Aga Khan Development Network Resident Representative Mr Anil Ishani at Serena Hotel, yesterday, Mr Khaemba said the opening of Aga Khan University, in Nairobi, would address the health staff shortage in the country, especially for doctors in special fields. The luncheon was hosted by the network's resident representative Anil Ishani and attended by Princess Zahra Aga Khan.
[Daily Nation 20 July] [Daily Nation 21 July]
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AGA KHAN CHIEF HERE2004, July 20: THE Aga Khan, the leader of the Ismaili Muslims, yesterday arrived in the country for a private visit during which he will attend the 50th anniversary of the Kibuli-based Uganda Muslim Education Association today. Sources in the Office of the President, said the Aga Khan is scheduled to hold talks with President Yoweri Museveni today. [New Vision]
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AGA KHAN IN UGANDA2004, July 19 - New Vision, Kampala: "Aga Khan visits - THE head of the Ismaili faith, His highness the Aga Khan is in Uganda. He is in the country for the 50th Anniversary of the Uganda Muslims Education Association taking place at Kibuli, east of Kampala city. The Aga Khan Education Service is a key stakeholder in the Uganda's education sector where it operates a number of nuseries, a primary and high school in adition to a University. The Aga Khan is also scheduled to hold talks with President Museveni at the State House."
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VARSITY TEAM SET FOR TALKS IN MOMBASA2004, July 19: Nairobi - Members of the Aga Khan University (AKU) board of trustees have started arriving in Kenya for the board's second meeting this year, to be held in Mombasa from today until Sunday. The focus will be a review of the university's medical and education programmes in East Africa, which now has more than 500 students.
[Nation]
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KALAMAN ADDS TO AGA KHAN'S HAUL2004, July 19: WHEN it comes to winning derbies, not many can do it as well as the Aga Khan can. Those famous red and green colours of his have already been carried to victory in four Blue Ribands at Epsom, plus five of the Irish version, and at Ayr yesterday Kalaman ensured the Scottish equivalent was added to the role of honour.
[The Scotsman] [IC Newcastle]
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DYNASTIE. MAIS QUI SONT LES AGHA KHAN?2004, July 19: Souverains sans Etat, vrais chefs religieux et richissimes mécènes, les Agha Khan sont des princes mystérieux. Karim Agha Khan IV, prince et homme d'affaires, a conservé à sa fonction une stature internationale. Premier investisseur privé au monde, il fait surtout oeuvre éminemment utile depuis bientôt cinquante ans dans les pays du tiers-monde où sont ses fidèles. Aussi ne compte-t-on plus, au Pakistan, en Inde, à Madagascar, au Kenya, au Tanganyika, au Mozambique ou ailleurs ses réalisations : centres de soins, écoles, universités comme celle de Karachi ou encore hôpitaux, destinés tant à améliorer le bien-être des populations qu'à favoriser l'accès d'un nombre croissant d'individus à la connaissance.
[Parisien]
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H.H. THE AGA KHAN PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO KYRGYSTAN2004, July 7: His Highness Aga Khan Kerim IV together with his brother His Highness Prince Amin Aga Khan have arrived in Kyrgyzstan on an official visit. Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Nikolai Tanaev has met him at the airport. A ceremony of laying foundation of the University of Central Asia took place in Naryn today. Opening this event, Naryn Governor Askar Salymbekov said Kyrgyz President Askar Akaev and His Highness Aga Khan, whose fund financing the project, could not attend the ceremony because of weather conditions.
[Kabar July 8] [Kabar July 9] [Kabar July 12] [Kabar July 13]
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UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ASIA IN NARYN2004, July 7: Spiritual leader of Ismailits Prince Aga Khan is taking part in laying of the foundation stone of University of Central Asia. After the ceremony in Tadjik city of Horog, where the leading University will locate the Prince will arrive in Kyrgyzstan on July 7. The first stone of the branch of this University also will be laid with the participation of President Askar Akayev in Naryn town.
[Kabar] [AKDN Press Release]
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PRESIDENT KARZAI WELCOMES THE AGA KHAN IN KABUL2004, July 7: KABUL – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan welcomed the visit today to Kabul of His Highness, Agha Khan, as a long-standing friend to the Afghan people. During their meeting in the Presidential Palace, the President thanked His Highness Agha Khan for his contribution to the reconstruction of Afghanistan through the projects of the AKF. Prince Agha Khan signed an M.o.U., regarding the establishment of an academy of excellence in Kabul.
[AOP]
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TAJIKISTAN: AGA KHAN OPENS BANK, COMISSIONS BRIDGE, LAY FOUNDATION FOR UNIVERSITY2004, July 6: DUSHANBE - The foundation stone of the Central Asian University campus has been laid in the eastern Tajik town of Khorugh, Tajik television reported on 6 July. Prince Aga Khan,opened the first Tajik bank offering loans to small businesses in Dushanbe on July 5th, as part of his official visit to the country. The second bridge linking eastern Tajikistan with Afghanistan across the River Panj has also been commissioned, Tajik television reported.
[Tajik Television] [RFE1] [Asia Plus] [AKDN] [Press release w/ photos] [Khovar] [PHOTOS] [TDD] [HRN]
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TAJIKISTAN: AGA KHAN TO LAY CORNERSTONES OF CENTRAL ASIA UNIVERSITY2004, July 5: ANKARA (IRIN) - The Aga Khan arrived in Tajikistan on Sunday as part of six-day visit to that country and its mountainous neighbour, Kyrgyzstan, where he will lay the cornerstones for two of three campuses for the future University of Central Asia (UCA), the world's first internationally chartered institution of higher education.
[IRIN] [BBC] [RFE Tajik] [ANSA]
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NATIONS MOURN PIONEER EDITOR2004, July 5: Michael Curtis became Britain's youngest national newspaper editor, aged 34, when he took over Charles Dickens' old chair at the News Chronicle in Fleet Street in 1954...The intention of the Aga Khan was to buy an existing newspaper, thus avoiding the expense of acquiring a building, plant and equipment. But the English Press, owners of the Sunday Post, turned down Mr Curtis's purchase offer on grounds they could not possibly sell to "an Asian" -- the Aga Khan.
[Nation] [Le Monde]
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SECOND BRIDGE INTO AFGHANISTAN IN GBAO TO BE PUT INTO OPERATION IN EARLY JULY2004, June 29: According to Tajik sources, the second of a series of bridges across the Panj River in Gorno Badakhshan that will consolidate permanent overland links between Tajikistan and Afghanistan will be put into operation on July 5 or 6. The bridge-inaugurating ceremony is expected to be attended by senior representatives from the AKDN and the two governments.
[Asia Plus]
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DAILY NATION - QUALITE RIME AVEC PASSION2004, June 29: La véritable toile d'araignée qu'est le groupe Nation s'est aussi étendue en Tanzanie, où il a pris des participations dans la société Mwananchi Communications qui possède deux titre de journaux et Radio Uhuru Fm. Le Nation Media Group, fondé par le prince Aga Khan, s'affirme ainsi chaque jour comme le plus important groupe de presse dans la région d'Afrique de l'Est.
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AGA KHAN VISITS MOZAMBIQUE2004, June 25: Maputo - The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili branch of Islam, began an official visit to Mozambique on Thursday, at the invitation of the Mozambican government. According to a press release from the Aga Khan Foundation, he attended a ceremony at which President Joaquim Chissano layed the first stone in the construction of an Aga Khan Academy in the southern city of Matola. This is the second in an international network of 20 academies, described by the Foundation as "centres of excellence", and which will be run by the Aga Khan Educational Services. "A major goal of the Academies," the Aga Khan noted, would be "to restore the public standing of the teaching profession so that future generations of educated men and women come to see in teaching a great, valid and rewarding opportunity in life."
[AIM] [Press Release] [Speech] [Nation] [Dawn]
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ARCHITECT SELECTED FOR UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ASIA CAMPUSES2004, June 25: Geneva – His Highness the Aga Khan has announced the selection of the lead architect and the landscape architect for the three sites of the University of Central Asia. The three campuses, in Tekeli, Kazakhstan; Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic; and Khorog, Tajikistan, are being conceived as innovative “university parks”.
[AKDN]
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CONCILIER ISLAM ET MODERNITE2004, June 23: Tunis - A la veille de la distribution du Prix Agha Khan d’architecture islamique, lancé voilà plus d’un quart de siècle par un prince mécène musulman, un imam de l’Islam si enraciné dans la modernité la plus avancée et dont la préoccupation essentielle est de réconcilier Islam et modernité, les actions de la fondation internationale Agha Khan se multiplient, s’accumulent de jour en jour.
[La Presse]
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AKFED GETS US$7 MILLION LOAN FROM IFC FOR KABUL SERENA HOTEL2004, June 23: Kabul, Afghanistan, 23rd June, 2004 - The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, charged with promoting private sector investment in the developing world, have signed a US$7 million investment agreement to finance the refurbishment and expansion of the Kabul Serena Hotel as part of a US$28 million project begun in late 2002.
[ AKDN] [ AKFED]
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CHERISH DEMOCRACY, AGA KHAN TELLS GRADS2004, June 18: TORONTO - The biggest global threat is not failed states but failed democracies, the Aga Khan told a graduating class at the University of Toronto yesterday afternoon. The 49th hereditary spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims appealed to the class of teacher graduates at Convocation Hall yesterday to instil in their students the virtues of pluralism, meritocracy and civil society - three pillars on which successful democracies are built. "True regime change occurs when liberty is guaranteed by a people free to create or support institutions of their own choosing," he said. "True regime change occurs when that strength and that freedom are defined by the depth, breadth and quality of education shared across the society in question."
[Toronto Star] [CPW] [Akdn Press Release] [Financial Express] SPEECH [Heritage News] [Hi Pakistan] [The News] [Weekly Voice] [Full Gallery] [City Hall Photos]
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H.H. THE AGA KHAN TO RECEIVE U OF T HONORARY DEGREE2004, June 17: TORONTO (CP) - If University of Toronto education students get a "holier than thou" feeling from their convocation speaker this year, it's only because it is his Highness, the Aga Khan, a direct descendent of the Prophet Muhammed. The Muslim spiritual leader will be in Toronto on Friday to receive an honorary doctor of laws from the university for his "outstanding contributions to community service, higher education and philanthropy," university officials said.
More [UofT] [CNEWS]
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OUR INVISIBLE MINORITIES2004, June 16: In his May visit to Canada this year, the Aga Khan commented, "Canada is admirably positioned to share with the developing world her experience in humane governance to support pluralism." Unfortunately, this perspective doesn't stand up to the scrutiny of structural and cultural realities of pluralistic power sharing at home.
[Toronto Star]
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AKRSP ON ASHDEN AWARDS LIST2004, June 8: The short listed projects for Ashden Awards in Pakistan included Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in the Northern Areas for its pioneering efforts in the Northern Areas with the aim of providing clean, affordable electricity to the population using water as the source of energy. This innovative technology, which has transformed the lives of 20,000 households in the Chitral region of the Hindu Kush, simply uses rushing water to create electricity.
[Hi Pakistan]
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ALLEGATIONS MOST UNBECOMING2004, June 3: he Aga Khan's education services facilitate and assist the government of Pakistan only by invitation, not by imposition, to help improve content, teaching skills and resource development. The final responsibility for deciding what goes into school textbooks rests jointly with the federal and the provincial governments and not with a non-official body like the Aga Khan Foundation.
[Dawn June 3] [Daily Times 8 June]
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AGA KHAN TRUST TRANSFORMS VAST CAIRO DUMP2004, June 2: The Aga Khan Trust for Culture has transformed an enormous rubbish heap in the medieval center of Cairo into an oasis, called Al-Azhar Park. The trust set by Aga Khan IV, leader of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim sect, is world renowned for its architectural projects. The Al-Azhar Park reclamation includes restoration of part of the ancient city walls and the impoverished Darab al-Ahmar area of the city. The park site had been the main rubbish heap of Cairo since late Mamluk times, some 500 years ago.
[CSM] [Big News]
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SYRIA COOPERATE WITH AKDN2004, May 26: Syrian Health officials on Wednesday discussed with an expert delegation of the Agha Khan network for development cooperation domains and means of strengthening a joint agenda plan to follow up health cadres qualifications. Minister of Health Iyad Shatti noted in the meeting to the network contribution in training health cadres at the Ministry and Salamya hospital in central Syria.
[SANA]
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THE AGA KHAN AND BEGUM INAARA ATTEND PRINCE FELIPPE'S WEDDING2004, May 22: Madrid, Spain: Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel landed in Madrid for the wedding, as did former Czech President Vaclav Havel and the presidents of Portugal, Colombia, El Salvador and Nicaragua. Royalty arriving in Madrid included Dutch Queen Beatrix, the kings and queens of Belgium and Sweden, the Aga Khan and the crown princes of Norway and Bahrein. About 30 heads of state or government as well as scores of royalty were expected to attend the wedding.
[EM]
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CHAR BAGH IS DRY2004, May 22:New Delhi Only a month-and-a-half after the Aga Khan Trust for Culture handed over the 16th century Humayun’s Tomb to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for maintainence, the tomb is back to its original neglected state. The sandstone water channels that had been restored for the first time after 40 years, running through the 30-acre Char Bagh, are dry.
[Express India]
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TAJIKISTAN: DREAMING OF THE MOUNTAINS2004, May 21:Three years after the government of Tajikistan resettled hundreds of people to develop an arid region in the south of the country, many of the settlers want to go back to their old homes in the mountains because they say the experiment has failed. “I dream of returning to my village in the Pamirs,” said Zubaida Gushirova, a nurse who is one of the settlers who suddenly found themselves living in the semi-desert lowlands after a lifetime in Badakhshan, a high-altitude region sometimes called the “roof of the world”.
[IWP]
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OTTAWA - AGA KHAN TO BUILD A CENTRE FOR PLURALISM2004, May 21: He didn't attract as much attention as the Dalai Lama. He rarely does. But by the time he had slipped in and out of Ottawa on his private jet, the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Imami Ismaili Muslims, had given the city, and the country, a major gift. The Geneva-born imam, who is now based just outside Paris, has announced the creation of the Global Centre for Pluralism, which will be based in Ottawa.
[Globe And Mail 1] [CNW] [Globe And Mail 2] [Dawn] [Gov. Press Release] [CP Photo] [Ottawa Citizen] [Complete Gallery here]
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AKCSP ASKED TO VACATE GANISH FORT IN HUNZA2004, May 11: GILGIT, May 11: The residents of Ganish town in Hunza have asked the Aga Khan Culture Service Pakistan to vacate a 700-year- old fort which was being brought under AKCSP control in the name of renovation. The heirs of the Ganish Fort argued that the AKCSP took possession of their fort illegally and without their permission. They contended that the AKCSP renovated the Baltut Fort, Shigar Forts and Altit Fort with the prior consent of their legal heirs while in the case of Ganish Fort the procedure was never followed.
[Dawn]
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DIPLOMATIE IVOIRIENNE EN MOUVEMENT2004, May 11:La diplomatie ivoirienne en mouvement : Bamba Mamadou échange avec le réseau Aga Khan. Dans le cadre de la lutte contre la pauvreté à travers le monde, que le réseau Aga Khan a inscrit en première ligne à son programme d'action, M. Adjabali Kassam, représentant dudit réseau a été reçu en audience hier lundi 10 mai 2004 par M. Bamba Mamadou, ministre d'Etat, ministre des Affaires étrangères.
[Nouveau Reveil]
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CITY OF THE FUTURE2004, May 7: City of the future: Cairo’s five centuries of rubbish is now a park. An enormous rubbish heap in the centre of Cairo, has been turned into a park thanks to the Aga Khan and it is to be inaugurated this month. He is well known for his interest in the architecture of Islam, and this is an exceptionally ambitious project by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture that has involved also restoring parts of the ancient city walls, the Darb al-Ahmar area in a socially responsible way.
[Art Newspaper]
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POLICIES NEEDED TO WIN OVER INVESTORS2004, May 7: Poor infrastructure increases the cost of doing business, thereby ceding advantage to established markets. Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) director, Anwar Poonawala, told an international conference organised by World Bank affiliate, International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Financial Times of London that policy makers need to make their economies receptive to private sector participation. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) has a network of more than 90 separate companies which have employed over 35,000 people.
[Nation]
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A WOMAN'S TOUCH TO TURN A VILLAGE GREEN2004, May 6: Moti Morsal village in Gujarat's Sundernagar District is green and fertile today due to the relentless efforts of its women. There was a time when extremely hot summers and scanty rainfall would force the villagers of nearly 160 houses to leave the area in search of food and water. However, under the aegis of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program, the village women who once used to walk miles for drinking water, have started schemes like roof water harvesting in tanks with storage capacities of around 10,000 liters to meet drinking water requirements up to six months.
[ANI]
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ARTS DE L'ISLAM AU LOUVRE2004, April 29: 29/04 19:07 Une exposition d'arts de l'Islam, comptant 30 chefs-d'oeuvre prêtés au Louvre pour un an (du 30 avril au 25 avril 2005) par le Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York, a été inaugurée jeudi par Jacques Chirac. Parmi les personnalités invitées, figuraient notamment l'Aga Khan et Sheikh Hussah Sebah el-Sébah, émir du Koweit.
[Voila]
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PRINCE AMIN AGA KHAN ARRIVES IN DAMASCUS2004, April 28: Prince Amin Aga Khan, brother of His Highness prince Karim Aga Khan the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, has just arrived in Damascus, Syria in a two-day visit to discuss with officials the development programs which the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is doing in Syria.
[SANA] [SANA French]
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CHANTILLY, VERITABLE CAPITALE DU CHEVALE2004, April 26: Plus de 10 millions d'euros ont été investis par les collectivités territoriales et quelques mécènes, dont Son Altesse l'Aga Khan. Et on peut dire que ces travaux ont tout simplement permis de sauver un hippodrome un temps voué à la fermeture en dépit de son histoire et des grandes courses qui s'y disputent.
[Le Parisien]
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CADHI NOOMAN (896-974) - L’EXCEPTION CHIITE2004, April 24: Après s’être attardé sur le rôle de l’imam Sahnoun dans l’affirmation du malékisme en Tunisie, un magistrat non moins prestigieux, Cadhi Nooman, mérite d’être évoqué. Cet éminent juriste du 10ème siècle a servi quatre monarques successifs, trouvant nénanmoins le temps de rédiger une vingtaine d’ouvrages. Grâce à ce legs, les historiens ont glané de précieuses informations sur la seule dynastie chiite qui a régné en Tunisie: les Fatimides.
[Réalité]
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LE PRINCE AGA KHAN EN VISITE A KINSHASA2004, April 23: Le Prince Karim Aga Khan est arrivé jeudi soir à Kinshasa à l'invitation du président de République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Joseph Kabila, a-t-on appris vendredi de source proche de la présidence de la République. Une forte délégation composée de responsables de différentes branches d'activité de la Fondation Aga Khan l'accompagne dans son déplacement de 72 heures en RDC. [72 hours visit of the Aga Khan in Kinshasa at the invitation of President Kabila of Congo - though some sources said that The Aga Khan was not there, only his staff was there.]
[AFP] [XINHUA] [ACP - 24 April 2004] [Le Potentiel - 24 April 2004]
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ISMAILI EMPOWER WOMEN2004, April 19: There's the stereotype of the Muslim woman -- silent and withdrawn behindher veil, obsequious when called upon, unable to think for herself, muchless drive a car. And then there's Shabnam Lutafali. Besides being a devout Muslim, thePakistan native is a doctor of economics and a professor at the Universityof Houston-Downtown. She also serves as the president of the Southwestregional board for the Ismaili Muslims, followers of the Aga Khan.
[Houston Chronicle]
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EGYPT'S NEWEST JEWELl2004, April : The opening of the largest public park in the region has been delayed until fall, but residents of Cairo’s Darb Al-Ahmar district are already reaping the benefits. The 30-hectare Al-Azhar Park (admittedly not the easiest thing to wrap) was conceived in the 1980s as the Agha Khan’s gift to the city founded by his Fatimid ancestors in 969. The Historic Cities Program, a branch of the Agha Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), selected the site on Al-Darassa to become the Middle East’s largest park — and one of Cairo’s most innovative urban development projects.
[Egypt today]
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CANADIAN-DOMINATED AFGHAN ORGANIZATION2004, April 12: What organization controls the country's largest cellphone company, is throwing itself into humanitarian development work in some of the poorest provinces in Afghanistan, is building the city's first five-star hotel, is restoring historic landmarks in Kabul - and is dominated by Canadians? The correct response is: The Aga Khan Development Network, the one-of-a-kind Ismaili organization that combines business ventures with aid work throughout Asia and Africa, with considerable support from the 75,000-strong Ismaili community in Canada and the Canadian government, with which it has unusually close ties.
[Calgary Herald]
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THE OTHER SHIITES2004, April 9: The evening was billed as, “A Journey Along the Cradle of Muslim Civilizations: Based on the Eleventh Century Travels of Nasir Khusraw.” It was presented by His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Western United States. Since Sept. 11, we have all been pursuing a continuing education in Islam, but this name, Ismaili, was new to me.
[more]
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MODELE CANADIEN D'ASSISTANCE POUR L'AKDN2004, April 8: KABOUL - L’un des organismes non gouvernementaux d’Afghanistan financés par l’Agence canadienne de développement international (ACDI) , est l’Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Cet organisme présent dans de nombreux autres pays comme l’Inde, le Kenya, le Pakistan, la Syrie, etc. est actif dans trois secteurs précis, soit le Développement économique, le Développement social et la culture.
[L'Artisan]
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AKRSP TO BE PRESENTED AS CASE STUDY AT CONFERENCE2004, April 6:ISLAMABAD, April 5: The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) will be presented as a case study in poverty reduction before the international conference on poverty to be held at Shanghai, China, next month. This was disclosed during a discussion which was convened at the World Bank office here on Monday as a preamble to the Shanghai Conference. Country director John Wall presided over the discussion.
[Dawn]
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NGOs ASSISTANCE PROJECT2004, April 7: KARACHI, April 7: Civil society organizations have an impressive history of substantial contribution to the socio-economic and political development in the country and there are new opportunities evolving gradually for NGOs. A two-year programme is being implemented by the NGO Resource Centre (NGORC) with technical support from the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and funded jointly by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the AKF, USA chapter.
[The News] [Dawn]
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H.H. THE AGA KHAN AT THE BERLIN CONFERENCE2004, March 31: Berlin - The Aga Khan announced that the Network had exceeded the US$75 million dollar pledge it had announced in Tokyo in early 2002 and will by end 2004, together with its partners, have expended US$140 million of which US$80 million has come from the Network’s own resources. Some US$70 million of these funds have gone for humanitarian assistance, rural development, health care, education and cultural revitalisation. Another US$70 million will have been spent on productive economic investments. The Network, said the Aga Khan, remained committed to these endeavours and to expanding them as circumstances allowed.
[Reuters w/photos] [AKDN] [Novosti] [Dawn] [The News] H.H. AGA Khan gives an Interview to German Television Channel 2 - [Interview] [More1] [More2][CIDA w/photo]
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AGA KHAN CREATES NEW 30-HECTARES PARK IN HISTORIC CAIRO2004, March 31: The US$ 30 million project was designed as an agent for economic development, and has become a case study for creative solutions to a spectrum of challenges facing historic cities, including ecological rehabilitation. The project includes the excavation and extensive restoration of the 12th Century Ayyubid wall and the rehabilitation of important monuments and landmark buildings in the Historic City. It also encompasses an extensive social development programme, including apprenticeship arrangements, housing rehabilitation, micro-credit and health care facilities.
[Press Release]
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FOCUS EXPANDS RELIEF EFFORT FOR VICITIMS OF CYCLONE GAFILO2004, March 26: Antananarivo, Madagascar - Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network, has decided to expand its emergency relief intervention into education and health care support to serve some of the more than 200,000 people affected by Cyclone Gafilo in northern Madagascar. This intervention is part of the commitment of US$100,000 made by His Highness the Aga Khan in his message of sympathy to President Marc Ravalomanana following the cyclone.
[Press Release]
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BRAND NEW LOOK FOR AGA KHAN HOSPITAL CHILDRENS' WARD2004, March 26 - April 1: The Paediatric ward which consists of a children's play area, private rooms and the general ward have been fabulously redecorated and refurbished to create a "child friendly" ambience, making the stay of any child at Aga Khan Hospital comfortable and pleasant.
[Coast Week]
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TO ISMAILI MUSLIM, A TIME OF HOPE, JOY2004, March 24:Sunday marked Navroz, the start of a new year for Ismaili Muslims around theworld. "The celebration usually coincides with the spring equinox," explained Salim Rahimi, an active volunteer in the Ismaili community in North Texas. "Navroz literally means a new day, and it brings hope and joy at the onset of the new year." As part of the traditional celebration, children paint and decorate eggs and pass them out to relatives.
[Dallas News] [Chitral News]
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AGA KHAN FUND MAY INVEST UP TO $10m IN DCB2004, March 23:Following the central government notification permitting 74 per cent foreign investment in Indian banks, the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) — which is the single largest shareholder with 49 per cent stake in Development Credit bank — is likely to increase its stake further by investing up to $10 million. Yogesh Chaddha, chief financial officer of the bank, said DCB has plans to shore up its core capital.
[Business Standard]
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HUNTING SUSTAINING COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN AREAS2004, March 19: In the Northern Areas, the concept of organised trophy hunting was first developed by the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, WWF and Forest Department, Northern Areas. The Bar valley was selected for the implementation of this programme because of its abundant ibex population. The prototype-hunting programme has evolved into a sustainable trophy hunting initiative. Hunting has thus become an effective tool for the conservation of wildlife in the Northern Areas and also attracts good foreign exchange.
[Daily Times]
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AZHAR PARK2004, March 18: Cairo's combination of modern urban problems and historic importance attracted the attention of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Aga Khan himself. It was decided to give a park to the people of Cairo. A site was found - it was a wasteland at the centre of the historic metropolis. It had been used as a rubbish dump for centuries and borders a poor part of Old Cairo called Darb al Ahmar. But now local people are being involved in transforming it into a valued urban green space.
[TVE]
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NEW LIGHT ON SHERGAR MYSTERY2004, March 14: Shergar was kidnapped in 1983 by an IRA gang that demanded a £2 million ransom. After the horse's owners refused to pay, the animal was never seen again, presumed dead, though remains have never been found. Now transcripts of negotiations between the IRA gang and representatives of the Aga Khan cast fresh light on one of the great unsolved mysteries of recent times. The Channel Four documentary, to be broadcast on Thursday, also reveals that police discovered evidence linking the kidnap with the IRA days after the horse was snatched, and includes the first interview with Jim Fitzgerald, Shergar's groom, who was briefly taken hostage on the night of the kidnap.
[The Age]
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AGA KHAN FOUNDATION MAY HIKE DCB TAKE2004, March 10: INDIA: The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (EKFEB), which is the single largest shareholder and holds 49 per cent of Development Credit Bank Ltd equity, is looking at hiking its stake in DCB, post the Government of India notification that the FDI in Indian banks can go up to 74 per cent.
[Business Standard]
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OBEID/AKDN SYRIA2004, March 09:DAMASCUS: Transport Minister, Makram Obeid reviewed with Representative of the Agha Khan Network in Syria, Mohammad Mofadai Saefo prospects of cultural cooperation between the Network and the Ministry. During their meeting yesterday, both sides discussed a number of transport projects due to be financed by the network on the top of which is renovation of Hijaz railway stations which are considered as a '' historical, civilizational and archaeological edifice''.
[Sana]
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US GIVES $50,000 FOR QUAKE VICTIMES2004, March 5: ISLAMABAD: United States Ambassador to Pakistan Nancy Powell has announced a donation of $50,000 for the earthquake victims in the Northern Areas. From this grant money, the Aga Khan Development Network would provide blankets and tents to the homeless families. The Focus organisation of Aga Khan Network would provide logistic services to provide relief to the victims of the earthquake.
[ Daily Times]
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POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT FOR HIGH MOUNTAIN AREAS2004, March 2: Dushanbe, Tajikistan: The World Bank and Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) have agreed to implement an innovative project aimed at reducing poverty in high-mountain areas around Lake Sarez. The US$ 2 million project is financed through the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) administered by the World Bank.
[AKDN] [The News]
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IPS - UN GROUPE AU SERVICE DU DEVELOPPEMENT2004, Février 27: Au début des années 1960, son altesse l’Aga Khan crée les premières sociétés IPS afin d’encourager et renforcer les initiatives privées dans les pays d’Afrique subsaharienne et d’Asie du sud. Industrial promotion services West Africa IPS (WA) fait partie du réseau Aga Khan, de développement. Le réseau couvre trois grands domaines d’activités : le développement social, le développement économique et la culture.
[Le Front]
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HABIB BANK: AKFED PLEDGES STRENGHT, CONTINUITY AND INNOVATION2004, February 26: Islamabad, Pakistan: TThe Privatisation Commission today formally granted the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) rights to 51% of the shareholding in Habib Bank Limited against a committed investment of Pakistani Rupees 22.409 billion (US$389 million) in accordance with all statutory requirements and the terms of the successful bid as approved by the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation. “This sale represents a very important step towards enhancing potential in the financial services sector and towards reinvigorating investment by those with a solid and proven interest in growing this country’s economy,” said Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on the occasion.
[AKDN] [ Bernama] [Gulf News] [PNS]
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AGA KHAN, ASSAD DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF SYRIA2004, February 18: DAMASCUS: His Highness the Aga Khan, yesterday concluded a three-day official visit to Syria during which he had meetings with President Bashar al-Assad and a series of discussions with Ministers on key development priorities for the country. "Our very fruitful discussions," said the Aga Khan, "will now enable us to concentrate resources where the AKDN’s experience can address priority needs identified in co-operation with the Syrian Government." "These include," he said, "specific areas of cultural and economic concern, education policy and institutional support in the healthcare sector and the challenges faced by rural populations."
[The News] [Teshreen]
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SERENA TO PLOUGH Sh1.4b INTO NILE HOTEL2004, February 17: erena Tourism promotion Services has signed a thirty-year lease concession agree- ment with the Government of Uganda. Announcing the investment, prince Amyn Aga Khan, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), expressed the hope that "this initiative will advance tourism development throughout Uganda and act as a spur to other investors in the sector."
[Financial Standard] [New Vision]
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AGA KHAN MEET THE MUFTI OF ALEPPO2004, February 16: Damascus - Prince Karim Agha Khan received here on Monday Aleppo Mufti, Sheikh Ahmad Hassoun. Talks during the meeting dealt with the importance of unity of the Islamic work and with strengthening relations of cooperation with Agha Khan foundation in all fields. The Prince stressed his foundation readiness to widen the base of cooperation with cultural, intellectual and healthy establishments in Syria.
[SANA] [SANA Français] [Arabic News][Departure][Teshreen w/photos]
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AGA KHAN IN DAMASCUS2004, February 15: His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, arrived in Damascus yesterday to start an official visit to Syria. President Bashar al-Assad received at al-Shaab Palace on Sunday Prince Karim Agha Khan, the Ismaelite Moslems Spiritual Leader. Talks during the meeting dealt with stages of the projects which Agha Khan foundation implements in Syria and with the future developmental projects the Agha Khan network for developments intends to implement in Syria.
[Teshreen] [Photo] [SANA]
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AGA KHAN FINALISES NILE HOTEL TAKEOVER2004, February 13: Prince Amyn Aga khan, chairman of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development signed on behalf of TPS while Prof. Peter Kasenene signed on behalf of Government. The 30-year concession requires TPS to invest $18m in the refurbishment and upgrading of the hotel reopen in September 2005 as Kampala Serena hotel. We hope this initiative will advance tourism development in Uganda to spur to other investments. When it reopens, it will be a new concept," Prince Aga Khan told reporters.
[The New Vision]
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KAMPALA SERENA HOTEL WILL SPUR TOURISM INVESTMENT2004, February 11:Kampala, Uganda, 11th February, 2004 - Serena Tourism Promotion Services has signed a thirty-year lease concession agreement with the Government of Uganda and agreed to invest US$18 million investment for extensive refurbishment and upgrading of the former Nile Hotel which will re-open in September 2005 as the Kampala Serena Hotel. Announcing the investment, Prince Amyn Aga Khan, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) expressed the hope that "this initiative will advance tourism development throughout Uganda and act as a spur to other investors in this sector."
[AKDN] [Press Release]
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Rs3.6bn BEING SPENT ON TPPF2004, February 6: ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The government is spending around Rs3.6 billion on the provision of educational as well as nutritional facilities to girl child under the Tawana Pakistan Programme (TPP). Over 500,000 girls of the 5-12 age group in about 5,300 government primary schools will benefit from the programme. The official said about 5,000 community organizers- one for each school- were being trained by the Aga Khan University.
[Dawn]
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PLURALISM: THE WORLD WONDERS HOW WE PULLED IT OFF2004, February 6: the Aga Khan Foundation wants to make Canada the home of a $70-million institute that would export Canadian pluralist values and programs through academic and governmental exchanges. The foundation (and I should point out here that Globe publisher Phillip Crawley is a member of the national committee of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada) is prepared to put up $40-million if Ottawa will put up the rest, and if it is prepared to work closely with the foundation in co-ordinating programs.
[Globe and Mail]
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HOSPITAL PLEASE, AGA KHAN2004, February 5: The government in Mwanza Region has requested Aga Khan Foundation in Tanzania, to look into the possibility of constructing a new hospital in Mwanza City to work hand in hand with Sekou Toure Regional Hospital. The Acting Regional Commissioner, Ferdinand Mkude, when officially inaugurating a surgery room in the Aga Khan Health Centre in the city, which cost Tsh. 20 million issued the request.
[Tanzania Express]
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AGA KHAN HANDED NILE HOTEL2004, February 5: Kenya-based Serena Promotion Services will take over Nile Hotel International Limited - effective February 11. The company, a subsidiary of The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Fund, recently won a 30-year concession to manage the hotel. The Minister of State for Privatisation, Prof. Peter Kasenene says government is hopeful that the concession will enhance the tourism industry.
[The Monitor]
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LE PRESIDENT KABILA EN AUDIENCE AVEC LE PRINCE AGA KHAN2004, February 4: Le troisième et dernier jour de la visite officielle du président Joseph Kabila en France est marqué par les entretiens que le chef de l’Etat a eus avec son homologue ivoirien après avoir reçu en audience privée le Prince Agha Khan, patron de plusieurs Ong humanitaires opérant en RDC.
[Digital Congo]
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AGA KHAN TO AID DISPLACED2004,
February 3: His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Ugandaheld a bazaar on Sunday to raise money for the internally displaced people in northern and eastern Uganda. Energy minister Syda Bbumba presided over the ceremony held at Kyadondo Rugby Ground in Kampala.
[The Monitor]
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AFGHANISTAN ROLLS OUT WELCOME MAT2004, January 31: The Kabul Hotel, which will become the latest addition to the Aga Khan Development Network's (AKDN) worldwide "collection" of Serena hotels, is described as being an "Afghanized five-star" facility.
[HiPakistan]
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FIRST Rs 11b HBL TRANCHE AFTER EID2004, January 28: ISLAMABAD: The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) will pay Rs 11 billion, or 52% of the bid price, soon after Eid-ul-Azha as the first instalment to acquire management control of Habib Bank Limited (HBL) while the rest of the amount will be paid within the next two years, a senior official of the Privatisation Commission said here Tuesday.
[Daily Times] [Chitral News] [Dawn 28 Jan.] [Dawn 29 Jan.]
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CANADIAN BLUEPRINT FOR PEACE.2004, January 27: Tolerance is becoming more commendable because of the prevailing religious and ethnic unrest in some countries. The formation of an unholy marriage between science and fanaticism digs a grave for the quest for harmony. Prince Karim Aga Khan, a Muslim spiritual leader of 12 to 15 million people in 25 countries said in Lisbon that "social harmony combined with religious freedom is a prerequisite for attaining human progress." But religious freedom is possible if there is tolerance in society which should be encouraged through legislation as well as from the beginning in the schools.
[Pakistan Christian Post]
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ISMAILIS IN MONTREAL.2004, January 25: Radio-Canada's news program in French "5 sur 5" profiled the Ismaili community of Ugandan origin living in Montreal. The video Includes footage of members of the Montreal Jamat at the Montreal Headquarters JK social hall, Bait-ul Ilm classes and recent Kushiali celebrations. It also includes the 1983 footage of Mowlana Hazar Imam's meeting with the then Prime Minister Rene Levesque.
[Video]
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PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEET THE AGA KHAN DAVOS2004, January 25: DAVOS (APP)-President General Pervez Musharraf met Prince Karim Aga Khan here on Saturday. They discussed matters of mutual interest and took into account the projects being run by the Aga Khan Foundation in different sectors in Pakistan.
[APP]
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TAWANA PAKISTAN WORKING IN 650 GIRL SCHOOLS2004, January 20: Tawana Pakistan Programme is successfully working in about 650 schools to improve educational as well as nutritional status of girls in poverty-ridden areas. Moreover, newly-recruited 5,000 local community organizers (one for each school) are being trained by Aga Khan University besides provincial team partners for technical assistance.
[Dawn]
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GOING GA-GA OVER AGOA2004, January 19: The Alltex garment factory is a $7.2 million foreign direct investment bythe Aga Khan Foundation. The factory is presently employing 2,000 people, mostly women. The factory, only one among thousands across 38 African countries participating in AGOA, plans to expand in at least three other phrases, and could possibly double the number of people it is employing.
[Tech Central Station]
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BRIDGING DIVIDE, THE PAVILION WAY2004, January 18: Set up as part of the Vishwa Gujarati Parivar Mahotsav, the pavilions wereopened to the public on Friday and will remain so till January 25. The three pavilions are on the Shia Ismaili Muslims (also known as Khojas), the Dawoodi Bohras, and Parsis. The exhibits are of typical houses of the three communities, their worship, their rituals, their homes, dress, and lifestyle. Volunteers answer visitors' questions, providing details and dispelling stereotypes.
[Expess India]
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AFGHANISTAN OPENS FOREIGN BANK2004, January 18: The National Bank of Pakistan is the only foreign bank operating in the country, but competition is building with First Micro Finance Bank, majority-owned by the Agha Khan Fund for Economic Development, and British-based Standard Chartered preparing to open soon.
[Channel News Asia] [Gulf News] [Jerusalem Post] [IRIB]
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BANQUES ETRANGERES A KABOUL2004, January 18: Kabul - L'Afghanistan International Bank (AIB), une banque locale avec un actionnariat étranger et la banque pakistanaise Habib Bank, récemment rachetée par la Fondation Aga Khan, attendent que le gouvernement leur accorde une licence, ce qui devrait être une simple formalité, selon le gouverneur de la Banque centrale d'Afghanistan, Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady.
[Courrier International]
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CONTRACTORS AWAIT NILE HOTEL TENDERS2004, January 15: Kampala - - Prequalified firms are expecting substantial contracts after SerenaTourism Promotion Services of the Aga Khan signs the $19m concession for the Nile Hotel complex today.
[New Vision] [The Monitor]
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DESENCLAVER LE TADJIKISTAN2004, January 14: Les États-Unis ont débloqué un budget de 30 millions de dollars pour financer la construction d’un pont qui reliera le Tadjikistan à l’Afghanistan en enjambant le fleuve Piandz. La construction de cinq ponts de moindre envergure financée par la fondation Aga Khan en collaboration avec les gouvernements tadjiks et afghans est aussi en projet. A ce jour, la construction de deux de ces ponts sur le fleuve Piandz a été entreprise.
[Bassirat]
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PRIVATISATION EFFORT IS TRANSPARENT2004, January 13: Karachi, Pakistan - Federal Minister for investment and Privatization said that because of the Aga Khan Group the Habib Bank Will also make headway in the Central Asia, East Africa as well as in Other countries. Senator Shaikh pointed out that the government of Pakistan Has got good revenues which contribute towards increase in profit as Well as would be utilized towards the country's debt retirement programme.
[The News]
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AGA KHAN CONTRIBUTES €400,000 TO IRANIAN EARTHQUAKE REHABILITATION EFFORT2004, January 12: Tehran, Iran, 12th January, 2003-His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, has made a contribution of €400,000 to the Iranian government for rehabilitation assistance to the victims of the earthquake that struck Bam over two weeks ago.
[AKDN]
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AKU, RTI TO WORK IN JOINT VENTURE2004, January 10: KARACHI: Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) has agreed to work in partnership with the Research Triangle Institute- Education Sector Reform Assistance (RTI-ESRA) for building the institutional capacity of selected districts of Sindh and Balochistan to be funded by USAID.
[The News]
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HBL OFFICIALS SEE THREE CANDIDATES FOR NEXT CEO2004, January 10: KARACHI: Following the recent privatization of Habib Bank Limited (HBL), the bank’s top level executives are hot on the trail of finding out who the next CEO is likely to be. In discussions with Daily Times, HBL executives say current President Zakir Mahmood is unlikely to stay on at the bank and instead Sultan Allana, a director of the recently formed NIB (NDLC-IFIC Bank), Shams Qasim Lakha, president Aga Khan University Hospital and Safar Ali Lakhani, president Soneri Bank limited, are in the running for the top slot.
[Daily Times]
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AGA KHAN OPEN ACADEMIES IN KAMPALA2004, January 7: THE Aga Khan plans to construct academic centres of excellence in Kampala, reports Richard Mutumba. Education and sports minister, Kidhu Makubuya and Minister for General Duties in the Premier's Office, Mondo Kagonyera, were recently in Mombasa to attend the launch of the first academic centre of excellence. The ministers also held a meeting with the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims. The academies will be like schools for the elite class.
[New Vision] [The Monitor 8 january]
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