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Monday, 2004, July 5Aga Khan, A University on the Roof of the World. - TAJIKISTAN: AGA KHAN TO LAY CORNERSTONES OF CENTRAL ASIA UNIVERSITY - 2004-07-05
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www.ansa.it

L'Aga Khan ha deciso di costruire un'universita' internazionale per le popolazioni montanare centro-asiatiche del Pamir e del Karakorum. L'ultramiliardario, leader della comunita' dei musulmani ismailiti noto in Italia per aver creato l'impero turistico della Costa Smeralda, posera' domani la prima pietra del nuovo complesso su un'altura non lontano da Dushambe, la capitale tagika, tra vallate ancora percorse da carovane di cammelli e contadini a dorso di mulo. 2004-07-06 - 12:02:00
Monday, 2004, July 5TAJIKISTAN: AGA KHAN TO LAY CORNERSTONES OF CENTRAL ASIA UNIVERSITY</I> - 2004-07-05

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.
Monday, 2004, July 5<I>NATIONS</I> MOURN PIONEER EDITOR</I> - 2004-07-05
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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.
Monday, 2004, July 5Mountain-high university planned - TAJIKISTAN: AGA KHAN TO LAY CORNERSTONES OF CENTRAL ASIA UNIVERSITY - 2004-07-05
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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3867743.stm

The Aga Khan, leader of the world's Ismaili Muslims, has been describing his plans for a university in one of the most remote areas on earth.
The university, high in the heart of the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan in Central Asia, will be the first specifically for mountain people.

It will serve a population scattered across a vast, isolated area stretching from Afghanistan to China.
Most people there live in poverty and use donkey carts for transport.
Life is a constant struggle against winter storms, hunger and often earthquakes.
Monday, 2004, July 5Aga Khan to lay cornerstones of Central Asia University - 2004-07-05
Source: 
www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=42000&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=TAJIKISTAN

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.
Saturday, 2003, July 5STUDENTS RAISE FUNDS FOR AFGHANI SCHOOL - 2003-07-05

- Calgary elementary school students are making their mark in an Afghanistan high school by raising funds for desperately needed school supplies. Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network, announced this week the completion of the totally rehabilitated and refurbished school buildings, integrating a new library, new sports and recreational facilities which were damaged by war.
Saturday, 2003, July 5AGA KHAN, IFC PLAN DAM - 2003-07-05

- HIS Royal Highness the Aga Khan and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) plan to pay for a new hydro-electric dam in western Uganda. IFC is the private lending arm of the World Bank. Syda Bbumba, the energy minister, said the Government wants people in Bushenyi, Rukungiri and Kanungu districts to become minority shareholders in the project.
Saturday, 2003, July 5Calgary Sun - STUDENTS RAISE FUNDS FOR AFGHANI SCHOOL - 2003-07-05
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www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-07-05-0019.html

Calgary elementary school students are making their mark in an Afghanistan high school by raising funds for desperately needed school supplies.
Kids from Colonel J. Fred Scott school in Calgary's northeast began raising cash -- by performing odd jobs and chores -- for Tajwar Sultana School, a girls' high school, helping it to become the first facility of its kind in Afghanistan, with state-of-the-art computer facilities.

'This was a fantastic and emotional experience for them,' said project spokeswoman Sameera Sereda.
Saturday, 2003, July 5New Vision - AGA KHAN, IFC PLAN DAM - 2003-07-05
Source: 
allafrica.com/stories/200307070049.html

HIS Royal Highness the Aga Khan and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) plan to pay for a new hydro-electric dam in western Uganda. IFC is the private lending arm of the World Bank.
Syda Bbumba, the energy minister, said the Government wants people in Bushenyi, Rukungiri and Kanungu districts to become minority shareholders in the project.
Wednesday, 1989, July 5U.N. - reconstruction of Afghanistan-1989-07-05
Source: 
Houston Chronicle

For 13 sacks of flour, pregnant women tore at each other and children screamed and beat each other. Infants were crushed in their mothers' arms as the women reached out desperately. TX It was the final day of a two-month-old U.N. effort to feed the most desperate people in Kabul - pregnant women and mothers of children under age 3.
Tuesday, 1983, July 5Event - 1983-07-05

Visit to U.K. Jamats. 15,000 Ismailis gathered at Olympia Stadium on Thursday for Darbar. The whole Noorani family was present as Hazar Imam bestowed the title of Diwan on Sir Eboo Pirbhai, calling him 'this young man'.
Tuesday, 1983, July 5 - Wednesday, 1983, July 6SILVER JUBILEE VISIT OF H. H. The Aga Khan - 1983-07-05

Over 15000 Ismailis gathered at Olympia on Tuesday July 5, 1983 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee. During the visit, Mowlana Hazar Imam had private meetings with institutions such as Oxfam, the Overseas Development Administrator and the University of London.


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