Civil strife, expanding populations, poverty, urban drift, hegemonic claims of traditional orthodoxies and monopolistic tendencies in electronic media can be destructive of world culture and are dangers to tomorrow's human and physical environment, but they need not overwhelm every society.

Seven winners of the 1998 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced yesterday.

Winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture have been presented with their prizes at a ceremony at the Alhambra Palace, in Grenada, Spain.

Shortly after we checked in at Hotel Tajikistan in Dushanbe, it shook. But this tremor was quickly dissolved into a rush of intellectual as well as emotional vibrations as we embarked on a remarkable journey of discovery.

Grandest Party of the year was held at Aiglemont, Mowlana Hazar Imam's château and stud farm at Chantille, outside Paris, on the occasion of Mowlana Hazar Imam's wedding with Begum Inaara.

The spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili community, the Aga Khan, is visiting Tajikistan, home to a small but influential Ismaili community living mainly in the south of the country.

More than two-thousand Ismailis turned out to welcome him on his arrival on Monday.

The Tajik government and the spiritual leader of the world's Ismailis Aga Khan IV will discuss cooperation prospects during the latter's visit to the republic beginning on September 21.

I am forwarding you the description of the Tajik Padhramni as received. The message came in a mix of Pidjin English and Russian and we have translated it. Umed attended several Didars and has got infos on the others from his friends.

In a powerful appeal to all Muslims in Afghanistan, Shia and Sunni alike, His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, outlined a basis for constructing a new and more stable civil order in Central Asia.

The Aga Khan Foundation has started its activities in Tajikistan in 1992 by rendering assistance in the country's post-conflict rehabilitation.

In an appeal to all Muslims in Afghanistan, Shia and Sunni alike, the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismailis, recently outlined a basis for constructing a more stable civil order in Central Asia.

"All the Afghans should
promptly resume an open and fraternal dialogue, thereby turning
Islamic peace ethics into a national reality and putting an end to
hatred and division," Ismailite spiritual leader Aga Khan the Fourth

The leader of the world's Ismaili community, the Aga Khan -- who's visiting Tajikistan -- has addressed a crowd of more than eighty-thousand followers in the Pamir mountains.

Your Excellency President Rakhmonov, Your Excellency Deputy Chairman Koimdodov for the Majlisi Olli, Your Excellency Chairman Nyazmamadov, Your Excellency the Mayor, distinguished guests.

Your Excellency President Rakhmonov, your Excellency Deputy Chairman Koimdodov of the Majilis Olli, your Excellency Chairman Nyazmamadov, Distinguished guests

The people of the Pamirs are cut off from the rest of the world for months on end

An ambitious project is underway in the remote region of the Pamir mountains to help the mountain people fend for themselves.

The leader of the world's Ismaili community, the Aga Khan, has been welcomed by thousands of his followers at the start of a visit to the Pamir mountains of eastern Tajikistan.

The spiritual leader of the world Ishmaelites, Prince Aga Khan IV, who is paying a week-long visit to Tajikistan at the invitation of President emomali Rakhmonov, on Thursday left for the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region where the most populous diaspora of Ishmaelites resides.

Spiritual leader of world's Ismailis Aga Khan IV said on Tuesday after his meeting with Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmonov that "now Tajikistan is going through a very important time when the foundation is being laid for its development in future."

The spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili community, the Aga Khan, has arrived in the Central Asian State of Tajikistan to a tumultuous welcome.

More than two-thousand Ismailis, most of whom live in the south of the country, turned out to see the man they worship as a living god.

The spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili community, the Aga Khan, is visiting Tajikistan, home to a small but influential Ismaili community living mainly in the south of the country.

More than two-thousand Ismailis turned out to welcome him on his arrival on Monday.

The Tajik government and the spiritual leader of the world's Ismailis Aga Khan IV will discuss cooperation prospects during the latter's visit to the republic beginning on September 21.

Mildred F. Schmertz: You founded the Award twenty years ago, and have sustained it without interruption right up to now. In today's architectural world, new ideas and agendas often have a very short life.

Honourable Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta
Honourable Shirely McClellan, Minister for Community Development
Mr. Krishan Joshee, Chairman of the Wild Rose Foundation
Mr. Kenn Allen, President of the International Association for Volunteer Effort

Teaching young people the benefits of volunteerism early in life, at school and at home is a concrete means of combating the seemingly overwhelming social problems the world faces entering the new millenium, an international conference was told yesterday.

The work of volunteers is becoming more important as governments do less and less in society, says one of the leaders of an international development network.

His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique today signed a Development Co-operation Agreement which establishes a mission of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Mozambique and lays the framework for AKDN’s deve

The role of faith organizations in addressing development challenges and the principles underlying Portugal's draft law on religious freedom could yield model legislation for a more ethnically and religiously diverse Europe.

Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Shia Ismaili Moslems, on Saturday opened a $30 million Ismaili centre in Lisbon to promote economic and social development programmes and cultural activities.

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L'AGA KHAN, LE CHEF SPIRITUEL DE LA COMMUNAUTE MUSULMANE ISMAILIS, A CONTRIBUE POUR UN MILLION DE DOLLARS US SOIT 600 MILLIONS F CFA, AU FINANCEMENT DES TRAVAUX DE CONSTRUCTION DE LA GRANDE MOSQUEE D'ABIDJAN-PLATEAU.

Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Shia Ismaili Muslims, married Princess Gabrielle zu Liningen at his Aiglemont estate north of Paris, his office said. It was the second marriage for both.

Karim Aga Khan, multimillonario jefe religioso de la comunidad musulmana de los ismaelitas, se casó por segunda vez, a los 61 años, con la princesa alemana Gabriele Zu Leiningen, de 35, que se ha convertido al Islam adoptando el nombre de Inaara (Luz, en árabe).

Karim Aga Khan, de sesenta y un años, jefe religioso de la comunidad musulmana de los ismaelitas, contrajo matrimonio, en segundas nupcias, el pasado sábado 30 de mayo con la princesa alemana Gabriele zu Leiningen, de treinta y cinco años, que trabaja como consultora en un organismo internacional

Bulgaria's exiled King Simeon B', Prince Aga Han and Vladimir Romanov, who claims the Russian throne, arrived in Mount Athos, in Chalkidiki northern Greece, at noon today.

A 12h15, le samedi 30 juillet, Gabrielle Homey, ex-princesse Karl-Emich de Leiningen, est devenue l'épouse de l'Aga Khan IV, chef spirituel de 15 millions d'ismaéliens.

Divorcé de la bégum Salimah, le dieu vivant des ismaïliens vient d'épouser une princesse allemande de 35 ans.

Divorcé de la bégum Salimah, le dieu vivant des ismaïliens vient d'épouser une princesse allemande de 35 ans.

His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam
(Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims today married German-born
Princess Dr. Gabriele zu Leiningen. The private religious and civil
ceremonies were held at the Aga Khan's French residence, Aiglemont, in the

His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, on Saturday married German-born Princess Dr Gabriele zu Leiningen.

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslim community, has married a German-born princess who converted to Islam.

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslim community, has married a German-born princess who converted to Islam.

Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili sect, married German-born Princess Gabriele zu Liningen at his country home outside Paris on Saturday, his office said. It was the second marriage for both.

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslim community, has married a German-born princess who converted to Islam.

His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims today married German-born Princess Dr. Gabriele zu Leiningen.

Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Shia Ismaili Moslems, married German-born Princess Gabriele zu Liningen at his country home outside Paris on Saturday, his office said.

It was the second marriage for both.

An international commission has been set up to look into plans for an institute specialising in mountain studies in the high Pamir range, which is one of the poorest and most remote regions in Central Asia.

PRINCE AMYN AGA KHAN congratulates Nairobi Serena cooks Nicholas Kingesi and Archie Athanasius who recently won first prize in the National Hoteliers Competition organised by Kenya Utalii College and the Kenya Association of Hotel Keepers and Caterers.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, your Excellencies. I would like to thank the Congresswoman and the Mayor for being with us today, thank you very much. And our friends, Mrs. Sharon Bush who gave us a wonderful dinner last night, thank you.

From television to the Internet, there are many ways to raise awareness about important world issues. But there is hardly any better way than to directly involve people in worthwhile efforts to improve lives abroad. On April 5, the Aga Khan Foundation USA is attempting to do just that.

La communauté ismaili a désormais pleins pouvoirs pour investir en Côte d'Ivoire. Mieux, ce sera une marge de man uvre à vie. Du moins c'est ce qui ressort des conclusions de la visite que vient d'effectuer en Côte d'Ivoire son Altesse le prince Karim Aga Khan.