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, to

Tajikistan's national airline on Thursday began passenger service to Afghanistan and officials announced plans to build five bridges connecting the countries.

Special equipment for monitoring the situation around Lake Sarez in eastern Tajikistan is now being installed by a World Bank project working on risk mitigation in the area, a step to ensure early warning for the vulnerable population in the region.'This equipment is for monitoring the situation

I was distressed to learn that the Taleban rulers of Afghanistan had ordered the destruction of all statues, including the unique giant fifth century Buddhas located in Bamiyan.

The trip through East and North Africa and India took 15 Texas educators just about everywhere, from schools that looked like average American institutions to urban and rural settings where students did math on the floor using charcoal and six or more children read from one textbook.The month-lon

Two experts from the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) are in [Tajikistan's] Mountainous Badakhshon Autonomous Region to see for themselves the condition of the Pamir-1 hydroelectric power station, particularly its tunnel, Asia-Plus learnt from an official from the organization, Matt

President Kibaki walks with the visiting spiritual leader of the Ismailia community, His Highness the Aga Khan, to his office at State House, Nairobi, where they held talks yesterday. The President is expected to officiate at the State Opening of the Ninth Parliament today. Pic by PPS

La Compagnie aérienne du Mali vient combler un vide aberrant pour un pays qui fut l'un des pionniers en la matière, dans les premières années des indépendancesTous nos compatriotes l'attendent avec impatience car l'enjeu est de fierté nationale.

A sell-out Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Awards' Dinner heard the Aga Khan, the Guest Of Honor, expound on his breeding philosophy and then present the 13 awards for excellence in British Thoroughbred Breeding.The Aga Khan had a very successful 2000, headlined by Sinndar winning the Vodafone

His Highness the Aga Khan is on a two day visit to Norway. The aim is to strengthen the development co-operation between Norway and the Aga Khan Development Network in Pakistan and Afghanistan.The visit is hosted by International Development Minister Hilde Frafjord Johnson.

In a private ceremony at Rideau Hall on June 6, Governor General Adrienne Clarkson installed His Highness the Aga Khan as an honourary Companion of the Order of Canada.

The invitation to the gala event came out of the blue, from a woman I had never met, belonging to a group I had never heard of, part of a religious sect I knew nothing about.Naturally, I accepted.

For the first time in its 36 years, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be dedicated to a single subject: an exploration of the ancient Silk Road, the trade route that linked Asia and Europe, and its influence of its cultures on American life today.From June 26 to 30 and July 3 to 7, visitors

In the Muslim world, the Aga Khan is also larger than life. As a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad, the 67-year-old holds the hereditary title of 49th spiritual leader to an estimated 20 million Shiite Ismaili Muslims in 25 countries.

President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday launched three major projects for Karachi which will be completed within two years at a cost of over Rs443 million.

President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Friday it was not time for crisis management but conflict resolution for a lasting peace in South Asia.'The time for conflict management is over because another conflict is unthinkable.

The Petronas Towers and a project to revitalise Old Jerusalem were among seven architectural achievements named as winners of the 2004 Aga Khan award for architecture.The prizes were presented by the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, yesterday.

UN employees who have Aids will benefit from a comprehensive medical and health care programme at the Aga Khan Hospital.

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.LAURENCE D'HONDT DE RETOUR DU CAIRE

Le parc Al-Azhar a fait revenir les oiseaux au coeur historique de la capitale égyptienne. Offert par l?Aga Khan, il fait aussi le pari d?insuffler une nouvelle vie économique aux quartiers voisins.

Hunza has once again achieved Unesco's Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Culture Heritage Conservation, a statement issued here on Monday said.The award of distinction for the year 2002 has been given to Ganish, a small settlement in central Hunza in the Northern Areas, for preserving four historic

A draft bill ?On ratification of agreement on economic cooperation between government of Kyrgyzstan and Aga-Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), signed in October 2002, will submitted for consideration of the deputies of the People?s Representative Assembly of the Kyrgyz Parliament.

Le ministre du Tourisme, M. José Engwanda Mananga a reçu en audience, vendredi 23 avril 2004 dans son cabinet de travail situé sur l?avenue de la Gombe à Kinshasa, une délégation de la Fondation Aga Khan pour le développement économique

A l'issue de sa visite à Madagascar, son Altesse l'Aga Khan, imam (chef spirituel) des musulmans chiites ismailis, a fait part d'un optimiste mesuré mais pragmatique à l'égard de l'avenir de certaines parties du continent. Et avant de quitter définitivement la Grande

Agha Khan University's Centre of English Language Karachi has won British Council commendation World Aware Business Award 2002 in recognition of its services for promoting English language in back areas of Gilgit, Chitral and Tajikistan.This reward was received by Sabahat Khan Tartari, senior mem

To Ismaili Muslims, a time of hope, joy
Sunday marked Navroz, the start of a new year for Ismaili Muslims around the world.
'The celebration usually coincides with the spring equinox,' explained Salim Rahimi, an active volunteer in the Ismaili community in North Texas.

President Gen Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate here on March 11 the establishment of another Micro Finance Bank to offer small loans to the needy.
The bank is a joint venture between the Aga Khan Foundation and the International Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of the World Bank.

Aga Khan Cultural Services (Afghanistan), a newly established affiliate of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), will lead the revitalisation of a significant but currently degraded urban area in central Kabul around the historic Timur Shah Mausoleum.Under an agreement signed in Kabul on Tuesday

Philanthropists donate Rs20m for oncology facilityKARACHI, Feb 2: The Aga Khan University took a big step towards realizing its dream of setting up a well-equipped oncology services facility when it managed to raise Rs20 million at a dinner on Saturday night , bringing the total amount collected

The Aga Khan, billionaire spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, met Indian Finance Minister Jaswant Singh during an official visit here Tuesday. He is scheduled to inaugurate the restoration of a tomb of Emperor Humayun.

The European Commission will provide Euro 20 million (equivalent to Rs1.28 billion) to the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) as grant for implementation of its programme to increase women's access to education in the Northern Areas and Chitral.

President Gen Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and Pakistan People's Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto have condoled the death of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan.In his condolence message to Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, on Wednesday, Pr

Aga Khan to transfer his 44.73 pc shares in NMG
His Highness the Aga Khan has transferred his Nation Media Group (NMG) shares from personal account to the Aga Khan Fund For Economic Development (AKFED). The Aga Khan is the principal shareholder of NMG with 44.73 per cent shares .

Recreating History At Humayun?s TombOffering a glimpse of the great Mughal art of landscaping in the midst of Delhi?s concrete jungles, the restored gardens at Humayun?s Tomb were thrown open to visitors last week.

No fewer than three of this year?s overseas finalists in the Ashden Awards are micro-hydro projects. From the Hindu Kush to the slopes of Mount Kenya, the hills are flowing with power ?

More private banks eye Afghan licencesdomestic private banking sector to foreign operators who are allowed 100 per cent ownership in new banks while permitting international banks to enter its almost virgin market under its new banking law, said Dr.

El príncipe Sadruddin Aga Khan, antiguo alto comisionado para Refugiados de Naciones Unidas (UNHCR) desde 1960 hasta 1970, falleció el pasado lunes en Boston a la edad de 70 años.Pulse sobre la imagen para ver la ampliación de la fotoEl príncipe Sadruddin Aga Khan, antiguo alto comisionado para R

CourseIn Nairobi, Kenya. Organized by the International Press Institute (IPI). The event will focus on press freedom, media industry issues, and other topics important to journalists in Africa and the world. The Aga Khan and U.S. Senator-elect Barack Obama are among the expected speakers.

International conference entitled ?Development strategy of health-resort zone of Issykkul region? has finished in Cholponata.

President Mwai Kibaki and His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, are shown newly-made garments at yesterday's opening of the Alltex plant by general manager Andre Desouza (left) and IPS project manager Alex Mwathi.

Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

Human beings don't have an elephant's memory and most of you have forgotten me.

There is a well-known story that after preaching at St. Paul’s Knightsbridge, Tom Corbishley could not resist joining the Protestant congregation in taking Holy Communion.

So the economic paradise promised by unlimited, uninhibited, inescapable global free trade has proved illusory. President Clinton acknowledges that world finance is in the worst shape since the Depression.

The Bellerive Foundation is an officially recognised N.G.O. presided by Prince Sadrudin Aga Khan involved in numerous public interest projects. The Bellerive Foundation has made it's presence felt in many parts of the world. One such project is the "Conservation of the Alps".

"The last of fools is he who indifferently asserts and denies...", prophetically wrote Dante, who probed all man's afflictions, at the dawn of the XIVth Century. Modern society is imbued with a tragic lack of self-confidence and afraid of appearing moralizing or oppressive.

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan doesn’t look much like a fire-breathing ecowarrior. With an Iranian passport, an American education, a Geneva address and a long career as a U.N.

Save the Alps; Philanthropist blames tourism for problems --- Surrounded by snow-capped mountain peaks, one of the world's major philanthropists launched a campaign Monday to save the Alps from the onslaught of people.

- Create more parks --- * Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan's unremitting praise for Canada's preservation of its Alpine wilderness is gratifying, but it should not lull us into complacency.

The New England Aquarium yesterday abandoned plans to send one of its three performing dolphins to a Navy facility that does research on dolphins and trains them for military work.