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Sardinian bases help make Meridiana Italy’s #3 airline; international routes focussed on Florence
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Meridiana’s A319s are based in Florence. The airline owns a 15% stake in this airport, an 80% stake in GEASAR - the Olbia airports company, and a very small holding in Sardinia’s other airport, Cagliari. Meridiana launched Florence-Berlin Tegel services on 3 April.

Unlike Italy’s two biggest airlines, Alitalia and Air One, third-ranked Meridiana tends to keep a relatively low profile from its base at Olbia in Sardinia. The airline began life as Alisarda in 1964, created by the Aga Khan Karim to support tourism in Sardinia. In 1991, when it began international services, it changed its name to Meridiana and has since grown steadily.

Last year the airline carried 4.6 million passengers on a fleet of 22 aircraft, consisting of nine MD82s, nine MD83s and four rather newer A319s. It also wet leases an ATR42 from Avanti Air to operate some of the thinner routes. However, recent reports suggest that it intends to replace most of the fuel-thirsty MD82s and MD83s with new and leased A320s. Profitability has been marginal in recent years (load factors average between 65% and 70%) and the recent surge in fuel prices suggest that significant losses are likely in the short-term.

To enhance its business opportunities the airline is now a majority shareholder in Eurofly, an Italian leisure airline with a fleet of A320s and A330s, but a full merger is not yet planned.


Meridiana owns a 50% holding in Eurofly and hosts its flights as Meridiana products on its website. However, a full merger is not yet planned. It also holds 50% in an important tour operator - WOKITA.COM.

50% of traffic at Sardinia’s two busiest airports
Meridiana’s two busiest airports are Cagliari and Olbia, both in Sardinia. All of its top 10 airports are in Italy though it has surprisingly few flights from either Milan Malpensa or Venice Marco Polo.


Source: OAG Max Online for July 2008

At Cagliari and Olbia Meridiana operates around half of all flights making it the major carrier to and from Sardinia. It also has significant market shares in Florence and Verona.


Source: OAG Max Online for July 2008

Jet-setter with an interest in air transport. Meridiana was originally set up by Aga Khan Karim (right on red carpet) to promote tourism in Sardinia where the spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Muslims has long lived.

Meridiana’s A319s are based in Florence from where the airline operates international flights to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin Tegel, Budapest, London Gatwick, Madrid and Prague. The airline’s leading international destination is actually Paris CDG which it serves non-stop from Cagliari, Catania, Milan Linate, Olbia and Palermo.

Other international destinations served include Chisinau (in Moldova) and Pristina (in Serbia/Kosovo). New international routes started this summer include thrice-weekly flights from Florence to Berlin Tegel and thrice-weekly flights from Verona to Madrid. Last November a Turin to Krakow service was introduced (to replace SkyEurope services which had been axed) but this route appears to be ending in September.

Three domestic routes generate 25% of passengers
Although Meridiana operates 52 routes this summer just three routes account for around a quarter of the airline’s flights. From Cagliari there are 56 weekly departures to Rome Fiumicino, while from Olbia Milan Linate is served 49 times weekly and Rome Fiumicino 37 times weekly.

Around 85% of the airline’s flights are on domestic routes with international flights making up a relatively modest 15% of the total. The highest frequency international routes are Florence to London Gatwick (17 weekly departures) and Florence to Amsterdam (12 weekly departures).

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Rome, Italy - The association expressed concern for its members' future

(WAPA) - "Italian pilots' trade union, Unione Piloti, expressed its concern for the future of Eurofly SpA pilots.

Despite the commitment of trade unions, the agreement proposal made by the Italian ministry of labour and social policy to avoid layoffs from the airline, which is listed in the stock-market, has been refused directly by Meridiana group's CEO, Gianni Rossi. Refusal that will bring to the imminent firing of 43 pilots.

The previous contract signed with employees, that allowed the company to save about € 14 million in the past two years, has not been enough for Eurofly to find an economic balance despite market spaces left free by Alitalia.

Unione Piloti is forced to require an intervention from the major shareholder, prince Kharim Aga Khan, to avoid a tragic scenario for a great number of pilots.

Unione Piloti". (Avionews)
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Ireland finish eighth in Aga Khan trophy clash


On a tough course that yielded no double clears to any nation, Ireland finished in eighth place in the Aga Khan Trophy competition in Dublin on Friday on a total of 36 faults.

With 500/1 outsiders Italy taking the honours on 12 faults, Ireland could only claim one clear round, from Denis Lynch and Lantinus, but the combination then faulted twice second time out.

Only Cian O' Connor and Rancorrado improved their score, with just one fence down in the second round, while Billy Twomey and Je t'Aime Flamenco had eight faults in each round. Cameron Hanley and Southwind VDL were the second round discard score on 12 faults.

However, Ireland ended the eight-round season on sufficient points to remain in the Meydan Series super league for 2010, one of the world's top ten teams. France were the 2009 winners of the series after today's final.

Afterwards Horse Sport Ireland Team Manager Robert Splaine said: 'Today's result was obviously disappointing for me, but it was the end of the series and we did stay in the Meydan league for next year, and we did win one leg outright. For that I'd like to thank all the riders, owners and grooms. We were well organised and there was a great team spirit.'
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Portrait of Aga Khan, by John W. Macdonald
August 28, 2009

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Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup: Aga Khan presents prizes

Sunday, 13 September 2009

as reported in the Yachting media

After five splendid racing days with stable conditions featuring north to northeasterly winds, sunshine, blue skies and choppy seas, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2009 has drawn to a close. Organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, the event which is now in its 20th edition, saw 42 maxis competing and between five to seven races held for each of the various divisions over the course of the series. Niklas Zennstrom’s Judel Vrolijk designed 72’ Bermudian sloop Ran (GBR), launched this year and already winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race 2009, took victory in the Mini Maxi Racing 00 group. Four of the Mini Maxi Racing yachts qualified as owner-driven and among these Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo (NZL) took victory and a Rolex Yachtmaster timepiece. In the Mini Maxi Racing Cruising division Michael Cotter’s Reichel/Pugh designed 78 foot sloop Whisper (IRL) took first place in all but one of the five races to win her division by a 10-point margin. Claus Peter Offen’s Y3K (GER) dominated the Wally division with three bullets in six races, while in the Racing/Cruising division Roma – Aniene (ITA) led from day one and brought home an impressive four bullets over five races. It was in the Cruising/Spirit of Tradition division, however, that the J Class Velsheda (GBR) displayed the most impressive score sheet with a home run of five victories out of five races.

“This victory has come after a challenging week but I am really pleased because our team is not made up of professional sailors,” said Vasco Vascotto, tactician onboard Roma – Aniene. “We have put together a winning group all the same and we have achieved a great result.” He went on to explain that the team was put together by the C.C. Aniene - a sporting association based in Rome which has just created a new section to promote sailing. “This is the first step for C.C. Aniene in the world of sailing. My team’s enthusiasm is more than reward for what we went through this summer to get the boat in the water.”

Neville Crichton was pleased with his result and already thinking about his next race. “The boat is really fast and has fully lived up to our expectations. It is agile and speedy as a mini maxi racing boat must be. I am going to savour this victory for a while and then I will be concentrating on the Rolex Sydney Hobart.”

Winner’s of today’s races, held in 10 to 12 knots of breeze from 25°, were Ran for the Mini Maxi racing 00 group, Whisper in the Mini Maxi Racing Cruising division, Y3K in the Wally division, Roma – Aniene in e Racing/Cruising division and Velsheda in the Cruising/Spirit of Tradition Division.

The final prize giving was held on the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda’s Piazza Azzurra and the winners were awarded prizes by His Highness the Aga Khan, President of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, and Bruno Meyer, President of Rolex.

The YCCS racing season continues next week with the Audi Melges 20 Series and the Audi Melges 30 World Championship starting on 18th and 21st September respectively.
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Sardinia's hidden heart
The Costa Smeralda is polished, elegant and perfectly formed. But our writer wanted to rough it

Stanley Stewart
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel ... 997211.ece

In the summer of 1958, the story goes, a luxury yacht was caught out by a storm off the northeastern coast of Sardinia. On board was the 21-year-old Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, descendant of Mohammed, multi­millionaire and spiritual leader to 15m Ismaili Muslims. The yacht’s captain battened down the hatches and took shelter in a narrow inlet while the winds howled and the waves crashed.

When the storm subsided, the Aga Khan came on deck. He found himself on a wild and sparsely inhabited coastline of pristine turquoise coves and macchia-clad headlands. For a moment, he thought he had stumbled on the earthly paradise.

Four years later, at a business lunch in London, he formed a consortium with a group of investors to buy 35 miles of this coast. The idea was to create a purpose-built holiday destination of villas, marinas and luxury hotels. Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda, the Emerald Coast, was born.

This may sound like the Costa del Sol, but it’s not. The Costa Smeralda was all very tasteful, in tune with the sophisticated aspirations of its wealthy clients. The architecture was traditional Mediterranean — tiled roofs, archways and cobbled terraces — the gardens were planted with oleander and bougainvillea, and the vibe was exclusive low-key luxury.

Fifty years on, the Costa Smeralda may not be quite as exclusive — there are moderate hotels, there are even camp sites — but it still cuts it as one of the Mediterranean’s chief celebrity hang-outs. Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Bruce Willis, Pierce Brosnan and Julia Roberts have kept the paparazzi busy. Oasis have holidayed here, although, naturally, the brothers needed to be in separate hotels, on separate bays.

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s tireless prime minister, has a villa here. In fact, Papi reportedly has seven, the better to house his stream of young, affectionate and semi-clothed female “dinner guests”.

I tried to fit in, I really did. I swanned across the piazza for an evening cocktail and some subtle rubbernecking. For women, the dress code was all about the legs. Women here have legs the way Kansas has cornfields. They seemed to go on for ever. The thing was to show them off with something short, round and expensive. An escort who looked like Danny DeVito was ideal.

For the next two days, I orbited in the Costa’s parallel universe. I was whisked to a secret beach in a motor launch, where I was deposited with a picnic hamper and a set of monogrammed towels. I test-drove a few bellinis on the fashionable bar terraces of Porto Cervo. I dined at the splendid Pescatore restaurant, on the harbour — may I recommend the “young rooster in pistachio crust”? — while yachts the size of small liners slid noiselessly into berths in the warm darkness behind me.

Yet something niggled. Halfway through an excellent bottle of Friuli, overlooking the scattered lights of villas on the opposite hillside, I realised my heart wasn’t in it. Costa Smeralda was as pretty as an Italian television showgirl, but, like the showgirl, it was a bit short on personality, a bit artificial. It is a dreamy holiday destination, and you no longer need to be the Aga Khan to afford it, but, perversely, I was in the mood for the grit of real life.

Everywhere you go on the Sardinian coast, you feel the presence of the mountains, shouldering the horizons of the interior. I found my gaze constantly returning to them. In the past, for the wealthy habitués of Costa Smeralda, these mountains were where the ransom notes came from.

While outsiders may feel a little uneasy about the Sardinian interior, for the islanders they were a refuge.

Sardinians never trusted the sea. In the old days, when foreigners came to the coast, their interests ran more to rape and pillage than shopping and sunbathing. Sardinians preferred the sanctuary of the mountains, which became the heart and soul of the island.
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His Highness the Aga Khan at Global Zero Summit in Paris February 2, 2010
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PARIS – FEBRUARY 02: Prince Karim Aga Khan attends the International ‘Global Zero’ Summit Against Nuclear Weapons at Hotel Intercontinental on February 2, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)


PARIS – FEBRUARY 02: Prince Karim Aga Khan attends the International ‘Global Zero’ Summit Against Nuclear Weapons at Hotel Intercontinental on February 2, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Aga Khan of the Aga Khan Development Network poses for photographers before the morning session of the Global Zero Summit in Paris, France, 02 February 2010. The Global Zero Summit will convene 200 international political, military, business and religious leaders until February 04 to discuss a practical step-by-step plan for the phased, verified elimination of all nuclear weapons and to launch a global grassroots campaign. EPA/YOAN VALAT

Former Irish president Mary Robinson (L) talks to Aga Khan (R) of the Aga Khan Development Network before the morning session of the Global Zero Summit in Paris, France, 02 February 2010. The Global Zero Summit will convene 200 international political, military, business and religious leaders until February 04 to discuss a practical step-by-step plan for the phased, verified elimination of all nuclear weapons and to launch a global grassroots campaign. EPA/YOAN VALAT

PARIS – FEBRUARY 02: Queen Noor of Jordan (L) Mary Robinson (C) and Prince Karim Aga Khan (R) attend the International ‘Global Zero’ Summit Against Nuclear Weapons at Hotel Intercontinental on February 2, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

PARIS – FEBRUARY 02: Mary Robinson (L) and Prince Karim Aga Khan (R) attend the International ‘Global Zero’ Summit Against Nuclear Weapons at Hotel Intercontinental on February 2, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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His Highness the Aga Khan to speak at March 4-5 conference in Paris February 20, 2010
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The Marketplace on Innovative FinancialSolutions for Development, organized by the Agence Française deDéveloppement (AFD), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, andthe World Bank, will be held March 4-5, 2010 in the Cité des Sciences et del’Industrie in la Villette, Paris. The goal of this international eventis to foster the creation of newfinancial mechanisms to better address development challenges at the global, regional, or local levels.

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The event, to beopened by Christine Lagarde, French Minister of Economy, Industry, andEmployment, will bring together leading experts on these issues. Thespeakers will include:Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Managing Director,The World BankGroup), Jean-Michel Severino(Director General, Agence Française deDéveloppement), Geoffrey Lamb (Managing Director, Public PolicyOperations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Philippe DousteBlazy (Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Adviserto the Secretary General on Innovative Financing for Development, Chairof the Board of UNITAID), Rachel Kyte (Vice President, InternationalFinance Corporation), Eckhard Deutscher (Development AssistanceCommittee Chair, OECD), and His Highness the Aga Khan.
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President John F. Kennedy – March 1961 – meeting with His Highness the Aga Khan

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1-2 WIN FOR MHI AT PRIX DE DIANE

Prix de Diane 2010, SARAFINA / C-P.Lemaire / A.de Royer Dupré / S.A.Aga Khan

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Aga Khan, Micky Green

The Aga Khan, the 49th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, and owner of the horse Sarafina, right, holds his award as Australian pop singer Micky Green, left, applauses, at the Prix de Diane horse race, in Chantilly, West of Paris, Sunday June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Sarafina Soars to Victory in Prix de Diane
By Mary Schweitzer

Sarafina followed up her win in the Montjeu Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary (Fr-I) last month with a scintillating performance to take the Prix de Diane (Fr-I) by 1 1/2-lengths at Chantilly June 13. The victory gave the Aga Khan a one-two finish in the Diane, as stablemate Rosanara came flying home late to claim second.

The victory by Sarafina provided both the Aga Khan and trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre with their sixth wins in the French classic.

Valasyra, who was entered as a pacemaker by Royer-Dupre, went straight to the front as Sarafina was settled into sixth by jockey Christophe Lemaire. Rosanara sat just off her stablemate in seventh. Racing just in front of that pair in fifth was Deluxe, the royally-bred Juddmonte filly who had finished second to Sarafina in the Saint-Alary last time out.

As the field entered the home straight, jockey Maxime Guyon was the first to make his move, as he angled Deluxe toward a narrow opening along the inside rail. Unfortunately, the gap closed as quickly as it appeared, sandwiching Deluxe between a tiring Valasyra and A Media Luz. By the time Guyon was able to extricate his filly and get her into the clear it was too late, as the daughter of Storm Cat was spent from all of the bumping and banging, and could do no better than a tired fourth.

Unlike Deluxe, Sarafina had clear sailing on the outside and rolled past the field, taking command of the race with just over a furlong to run. The daughter of Refuse to Bend drew off to win comfortably by 1 1/2 lengths.

Rosanara made up ground late to take second, finishing another 1 1/2-lengths in front of Sandbar. Final time for the ten furlongs was 2:07.80 over a course rated as ‘soft.'

The Aga Khan was delighted to celebrate a double in a classic that has been incredibly important to his career as an owner and a breeder. He said after the race, “I would like to thank the teams who bred these fillies and the one that trains them.

“Both fillies were born and bred in France. One comes from an old French family that came to my stud when I bought the stock of Mrs. Dupre. The other one comes from my own stud.”

“I am often asked when I will produce a great colt. But it’s the great fillies that are more important for the stability and the future of my stud, and that is what is important to me.”

Trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre had nothing but praise for his stable staff, saying after the race, “It is very important for me to point out the teamwork behind such a success. The winter is long and the work repetitive. You have to be passionate and you need to take great care every morning. Races are won in the morning.”

Regarding the future plans for his two fillies, Royer-Dupre said, “As to Rosanara, there is no doubt that she will stay the mile and a half and she will be going for the Prix Vermeille (Fr-I).

“Sarafina's case is a little different and I think we would like to keep her to the mile and a quarter and nurture her along. We still haven't seen the best of her.”

The undefeated Sarafina is out of Sanariya, by Darshaan.
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Horse trainer De Royer-Dupre gets sixth French Oaks win with Sarafina
By Pirate Irwin (AFP) – 3 hours ago

PARIS — Odds-on favourite Sarafina won the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) at Chantilly racecourse on Sunday to give trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre his sixth victory in the race.

Indeed the 66-year-old trainer had double reason to celebrate as he saddled the second as well in the shape of 13/1 chance Roasanara.

Both the first two home were owned by His Highness the Aga Khan for whom de Royer-Dupre had trained his previous five winners including the remarkable Zarkava in 2008 who went on to win the Arc de Triomphe.

"I am very happy, they are two very good fillies," the Aga Khan said.

"Sarafina is unbeaten but we don't know what her next step will be.

"To have our fillies placed 1-2 is a positive sign for the future of our breeding operations, which is very important."

Sarafina, the 9/10 favourite, was always racing calmly placed in the middle of the nine runner field by jockey Christophe Lemaire, who allowed pacemaker and stablemate Valasyra to set the pace.

However, Lemaire, winning his third Diane after previous victories on Divine Proportions and last year on Stacelita, produced his filly early in the straight and with 300 metres of the 2100 metres distance to go he pushed the final button.

Sarafina, who came into the race unbeaten in her only two previous starts, had the right answer and eased past Zagora, in the colours of Stacelita's winning owner, former US Marine Manny Schwartz, to strike the front.

She went on to become only the third winner of the classic prep race the Prix Saint Alary to do the double in the past 20 years.

Her performance left Lemaire with an indelible impression.

"She is a superb filly and gave me scarcely any worries at all, just one brief moment in getting her balance," said Lemaire.

"She has great acceleration and a great temperament. There were no real problems during the race, she settled very well and, once asked the question, she responded in style.

"I wasn't concerned by the poor record of Saint-Alary winners prior to this as I knew from riding her she was a Diane filly."

Rosanara, under five-time Diane winning jockey Gerald Mosse, was the only one who looked likely to challenge but last year's Prix Marcel Boussac winner could find no more with 100 metres to go and settled for a gallant second.

Sandbar, trained by Francois Rohaut, had also put in a challenge prior to that but the 6/1 chance also didn't find enough and took third leaving her crack jockey Olivier Peslier still without a win in the French Oaks in 17 attempts.

Deluxe was the big disappointment of the race as, having finished just half a length down to Sarafina in the Group One Prix Saint Alary last time out, she was never in the hunt and had little in the tank when Maxime Guyon asked her for a bigger effort.

She ended up finishing fourth and leaving legendary French trainer Andre Fabre with a relatively paltry three Prix de Diane victories to his name while De Royer-Dupre edged closer to the record of wins for a trainer in the race of Henry Jennings, who won nine between 1843 and 1875.

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This is an unofficial blog and has no connection with www.agakhanstuds.com which is the official site of His Highness the Aga Khan Ever since I can remember I have followed His Highness in his horse racing and bloodstock operation-I know there are many of you who also are passionate about this too There will be a daily update on the runners and results as well as articles, some are written by myself and some are from other websites Hope you enjoy this blog and feel free to contact me anytime.

Someone named Al Meghani is maintaining this blog.
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kmaherali wrote:Prince Aga Khan to help renovate National Monument in Portugal
July 21, 2009
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Prince Aga Khan and Vasco Pereira Coutinho help replace the roof of the Cathedral in Silves
Translated from Portuguese, source via http://www.barlavento.online.pt
Silves Cathedral reopens its doors after eight months of work

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The Cathedral of Silves, classified as National Monument since 1922, reopens doors already on the 17th of this month, after a long shutdown period for maintenance and restoration that began eight months ago but the need for which had been since 2006.

At the time, the parish began to limit the scope of the tiny cult area of ribbed vaults of stone, where apparently there was no danger of falling from the roof, which caused embarrassment in the achievement of the celebrations and limited the number of participants. Later the same cathedral was closed entirely and the celebrations of the Eucharist had to be transferred to the chapel of the parish complex in front of the Gothic cathedral.

Budgeted at 350,000 euros, the works were supported by patrons like the businessman Vasco Pereira Coutinho and the Aga Khan Foundation to the Ministry of Culture gave a contribution of 100,000 euros.
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The Brown Daily Herald

Gift to fund new position in Islamic humanities

By Hannah Abelow

Updated: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 22:10

The Corporation formally accepted a $2 million donation at its October meeting from Prince Karim Aga Khan IV P'95 to fund a visiting professor of Islamic humanities. The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili branch of Islam, has a "long-standing connection" to Brown, said Vice President for International Affairs Matthew Gutmann.

His son, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, graduated from the University in 1995. Karim Aga Khan received an honorary degree from Brown in 1996, according to a May 1996 University press release.

The Aga Khan gave the gift in honor of former University president Vartan Gregorian.

"Having the Aga Khan Visiting Professor of Islamic Humanities means that we can have a really prominent figure and expert in these areas at a time when the more knowledge about the Muslim world and Islam, the better," Gutmann said.

Gutmann said the University hopes to have someone in the post for one or both semesters of next school year. The position is intended to continue for many years into the future, he said, adding that the position will allow the University to bring in experts from a wide range of disciplines, including religion, history, anthropology and comparative literature. The visiting professor will come from any of the various disciplines depending on who is thought to be the best for the job in a given year, and will be affiliated with the Cogut Center for Humanities, Gutmann said.

Associate Professor of History Vazira Zamindar is heading the search committee to find the first Aga Khan Visiting Professor of Islamic Humanities. She said the search committee includes two other faculty members, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sherine Hamdy and Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Middle East Studies Melani Cammett.

"Together we have generated a list of names of people who work in this field or might have an interest in this position," Zamindar said about the search process thus far. She said she plans to "reach out to them and, through them, get the word out about the new position."

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Professorship in Honor of Vartan Gregorian
By: Weekly Staff

NEW YORK—Prince Karim Aga Khan IV has established the Aga Khan Visiting Professor of Islamic Humanities at Brown University in honor of Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York, who served from 1988 to 1997 as President of Brown University. The gift of $2 million was announced following the October meeting of the Corporation of Brown University.

Vartan Gregorian
The university said that the gift will allow Brown to bring in experts from a wide range of disciplines, including religion, history, anthropology and comparative literature. The Aga Khan Visiting Professor of Islamic Humanities will come from any of the various disciplines depending on who is thought to be the best for the job in a given year, and will be affiliated with the Cogut Center for Humanities.

For many years, Vartan Gregorian served on the Board of the Aga Khan University. During Dr. Gregorian’s tenure as president of Brown University, the Aga Khan was the first Muslim spiritual leader to give a Baccalaureate Address at a major American university. He is also the recipient of an honorary degree from Brown University, from which his son, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, graduated.

The Aga Khan, 49th hereditary Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, has emphasized the view of Islam as a thinking, spiritual faith: one that teaches compassion and tolerance and that upholds the dignity of man, Allah’s noblest creation. In the Shia tradition of Islam, it is the mandate of the Imam of the time to safeguard the individual’s right to personal intellectual search and to give practical expression to the ethical vision of society that the Islamic message inspires. Addressing as Chairman, the International Conference on the Example (Seerat) of the Prophet Muhammad in Karachi in 1976, the Aga Khan said that the wisdom of Allah’s final Prophet in seeking new solutions for problems which could not be solved by traditional methods, provides the inspiration for Muslims to conceive a truly modern and dynamic society, without affecting the fundamental concepts of Islam.

“I am deeply moved and extremely grateful that the Aga Khan has chosen to make this wonderful gift to Brown University in my honor,” said Vartan Gregorian. “It is particularly meaningful to me because the Aga Khan is internationally recognized as a major activist for civilized humanity and in promoting the universal values that unite and transcend us all. And he believes that education, self-reliance, solidarity and character are the elements which keep a community vibrant and healthy and lead to enlightenment and dignity. In addition, he supports the education of women as central to global progress. I salute him, I thank him, and I celebrate the bond that he has created with Brown University today, and with the generations of students, faculty, scholars and others who will continue to benefit from his generosity on into the future.”

In 2005, at ceremonies held in Scotland, His Highness the Aga Khan was one of six recipients of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. Recipients are nominated by all the Carnegie organizations throughout the United States and Europe, and selected by a Committee comprising representatives of six of those institutions. The award recognizes individuals and families with exceptional and sustained records of philanthropic giving and whose philanthropic efforts embody Andrew Carnegie’s deeply held belief that with wealth comes responsibility and that private wealth should serve the public good. The Aga Khan is internationally recognized as a major philanthropist who supports development projects in Uganda, Kenya, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, among other countries. In addition, he founded the Aga Kahn University in Pakistan, as modern, co-educational research university. It was granted its charter in 1983 as the nation’s first private, autonomous university.

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Exumians promised jobs at Bell Island development

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NASSAU — The Bahamian lawyer for Prince Karim Aga Khan IV promised residents of Black Point, Exuma that the development of Bell Island in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park will mean jobs for residents of the nearby settlement.

Gail Lockhart-Charles said that the development on Bell Island has already provided employment for Black Point residents as well as residents in other parts of Exuma, Long Island and Nassau.

"And that's been going on since the owner acquired the island," she said told residents at a town meeting held in Black Point by the Save The Exuma Park (STEP) committee on Saturday.

She also promised that there would be some full-time employment.

"There will be employment in landscaping jobs, there will be employment in construction jobs, employment on the buildings that will be located on the island," she said.

However, Lockhart-Charles cautioned residents that there will be no windfall of positions.

"This isn't Atlantis' phase four. So we're not talking about thousands of jobs. This is a private residence that is a private retreat for his highness and his family," she said. "But there will be significant jobs. There will be short-term jobs as well as long-term jobs."

She said the contractor has committed to using qualified Black Point residents during construction whenever possible.

Lockhart-Charles said there will also be long-term jobs at a major native plant nursery that the prince plans to construct.

"He intends to build and restore Bell Island to its natural appearance and keep the building footprints to an absolute minimum," she said. "It will be three to four acres upon completion and will grow specimen native trees with a palate focused on rare-endemic canopy trees.

"The native plant specimen trees that are grown in the nursery will also be offered for use for ecological restoration on other islands."

Several weeks ago the government approved the request of the Aga Khan to dredge a yacht basin to accommodate 150-foot vessels at Bell Island.

Lockhart-Charles also tried to allay residents' concerns about that.

"His highness is an environmentalist and is interested in preserving the natural resources of The Bahamas, and is investing in the science of that," she said.

The dredging has yet to begin as the developer still needs to submit an environmental management plan.

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Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Egypt to participate in forum to combat human trafficking

Mawlana Hazar Imam meeting with Her Excellency Suzanne Mubarak, the First Lady of Egypt, at the Old Winter Palace in Luxor. Hazar Imam is attending the Luxor International Forum to Combat Human Trafficking. Photo: Gary Otte


Luxor, Egypt, 10 December 2010 —Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived in Egypt today to attend the Luxor International Forum to Combat Human Trafficking. Upon his arrival, Hazar Imam met with Her Excellency Suzanne Mubarak, the First Lady of Egypt, at the Old Winter Palace in Luxor.

Part of the “End Human Trafficking Now!” campaign, the Forum brings the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) and the business community together to find solutions that will put an end to human trafficking. Organised by the Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement, the Luxor Forum represents a milestone in international efforts to combat such crime.

The Forum will also announce the winner of the first-ever Business Leader's Award to Fight Human Trafficking. Mawlana Hazar Imam was invited to sit as a member of the jury for the award.

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His Highness the Aga Khan
His Highness the Aga Khan, a direct lineal descendant of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), is the 49th hereditary Imam - spiritual leader - of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. Consistent with general Muslim tradition, the Imam’s mandate is to guide his community in matters of faith, and to work for its security and improved quality of life, alongside that of wider society. The Aga Khan is the founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of non-denominational international development agencies, active in 38 countries, dedicated to improving the quality of life of vulnerable societies.




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Aga Khan: Informing and Inspiring, Historically and Scientifically 12/28/2010
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All of us know the Aga Khan and Natural Science Museum (called “Aga Khan” only by most), but most of us simply consider it as a gallery and display of historical and cultural relics and preserved cadavers of some animal species, without minding its great importance not only about for studies and researches but also in inspiring the preservation and retention of our culture and environment as well. Almost all of us have visited this museum but the sad fact is that we’ve only been there for a “sight-seeing galore”.

This museum still stands after so many decades since its birth. This pioneering structure, which was established and erected a few years after MSU was built, was donated by Prince Karim Aga Khan so that MSU will have a museum for the research and study of the students as well as the instructors.

Formerly called Aga Khan Museum, this building contains historical relics, objects, musical instruments, weapons, tools, and evidences of the artistic craftsmanship of Meranaos and other tribes. A few years after its establishment, the Natural Science Museum was finally realized and place at the second floor of the former one-floor museum for the natural and scientific studies of animal and plant species.

Remaining firm and well-formed up to this day, the said museum has withstood the changing weather conditions and calamities that have struck the country of the past years and the past eleven administrators of MSU (Pres. Muslim is the twelfth). All these upsetting features and conditions have made the museum suffer. Despite this, the contents and objects inside remained complete and preserved (although a few of them have already destroyed and gone).

As what we have seen today, every object has been detailed with their local names, information and facts. Fascinating right? As we passed by, each object has been labeled already. The pictures of the past administrators in MSU and opening event of the Museum can be found on its walls. As we climbed upstairs to second floor, we can find pictures, illustrations and mapping of several existing and extinct species of fishes that can be found in Lake Lanao.

The species of some wild animals, birds and plants are found in the right portion of the second floor. As have been the other objects, they are also labeled with their names both local and scientific and places where could they be found. Some types of corals and shells are also found in the said portion.

The other portion of the second floor held the rest of objects from the Meranao people and other tribes, the antique copy of the Holy Qur’ an in which its printing and distribution was dated back during the period of the Ottoman Empire (Wow!), and of course, the attire that was used by MSU’s first president, Dr. Antonio Isidro, an old paper bill that was once given to him, a ribbon during his visit in South Korea as a delegate, and a golf ball that he used before.

Seems weird, right? But they are obviously displayed up to now. The bust of the donor of the said museum, Prince Karim Aga Khan, can also be found.

So let’s ponder now. Let’s meditate about the great importance of this museum which is not only to inform, but also to make us inspired to love our own colorful culture and heritage, to protect and take good care of our nature, and to preserve all these things whole, whatever changes and transformations that have almost ruined them.

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Aga Khan feared he could bring down racing empire

By Pirate Irwin (AFP)

PARIS — His Highness the Aga Khan may have one of the most revered thoroughbred racing and breeding operations now but when it was first bestowed on him 50 years ago he was terrified that he would bring it to an ignominious end.

The 74-year-old Swiss-born philanthropist and spiritual leader of the Ismaili branch of Shia Muslims makes his frank admission in a fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, written by Philip Jodidio, celebrating his half century in the business.

In 1957, the Aga Khan was chosen as successor by his grandfather who passed over his father Aly a war hero, playboy and vice-president of the United Nations, who was married twice including to Hollywood star Rita Hayworth.

He said that without any prior involvement with the racing business he felt like a duck out of water.

Having already assumed the role of Imam of the Ismailis in 1957 at a young age, the tragic death of his father in a car accident in 1960 saw him thrust into another new world - that of the thoroughbred industry, an empire assiduously built up by his grandfather and his father.

"The idea of entering into an activity that was in no way central to the Ismaili Imamat, an activity in which no member of my family - neither my brother nor my sister nor I - had any understanding, in itself raised a major question mark," he told the author in his typical humble and understated manner.

"Would I have the time, and the capacity, to learn something about an activity with which I was totally unfamiliar? When the leader of a family endeavour disappears, the next generation does not necessarily carry on.

"In this particular case, I was very much aware of the fact that this had been a family tradition for many generations and that it had been immensely successful at the time of my grandfather and father.

"To be the new young owner who would come in and cause the operation to collapse was not exactly what I wanted!"

The Aga Khan, who away from the rarefied atmosphere of racing has among other things helped finance the reconstruction of the historic Mostar bridge which was destroyed during the Balkan Wars in the 1990's, confesses that part of his wish to carry on was the strong bonds that had been created between his grandfather and father with the staff.

"The year that my father died, he was having remarkable success with the racing operation. As a young man who knew nothing, I found this success daunting.

"There were a large number of people who had devoted a great deal of time to this activity, people who had been very loyal to my father and my grandfather. My father only owned the operation for three years.

"He actually inherited most of the key people who had worked over a long period with my grandfather. There was a context of strong human relations and loyalty, and I was geuninely uncomfortable with not respecting that should I have decided not to continue.

"On the other hand, I imagined that these people might look to me in five years' time and say: 'How on earth did this happen: we ended in the hands of a twenty-three year-old who doesn't know which end of a horse kicks!" That was a most unpleasant thought," he said in his disarming trademark style.

However, it was his association with another French training legend Francois Mathet that turned his operation around, for having had to sell his best breeding stock to pay death duties when his father had died, he started to purchase new bloodlines which have been the fruit of his success.

He purchased down the years among others the breeding operations of textile king Marcel Boussac, who was famously slapped in the parade ring at Longchamp by a woman disgusted at his alleged collaboration during World War II, and successful businessman Jean-Luc Lagardere, when he died after complications involving a routine operation.

Despite breeding such great horses as wonder filly Zarkava, unbeaten in seven races and who in 2008 became the first filly to land the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe since Urban Sea in 1993, he will in the public's eye forever be best remembered for the ill-fated Shergar.

The mind-bogglingly easy winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby - so convincing that John Matthias the jockey of the second horse Glint of Gold actually believed he had won the race because he couldn't see the winner - was kidnapped by persons unknown from the Aga Khan's then flagship Irish stud Ballymany in February 1983.

Despite a nationwide search led by the unorthodox Chief Superintendent Jim Murphy no trace of the great horse was ever found, but despite this hugely embarrassing episode the Aga Khan maintained his racing and breeding operation there and bought the historic Gilltown Stud.

Indeed he is remarkably forgiving of what took place - a reflection of the common touch he possesses which quite often sees him wandering round Longchamp racecourse like any normal racegoer.

"That was a tragedy, but that was Ireland at the time."

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The Jamati Institutions and Mukhi Kamadia Sahebs are pleased to inform the Jamat that Mawlana Hazar Imam is currently visiting the United States. Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived in San Francisco on Monday, April 25th. The University of California at San Francisco is honoring Mawlana Hazar Imam tonight with a UCSF Medal, its highest award, as part of its annual Founders’ Day celebrations.

To commemorate this happy occasion, on Friday April 29th, a brief video and details of the visit will be shared with the Jamat. Cake and sherbet will also be served after Jamati ceremonies.

On this happy occasion, we convey mubarakis to the Jamat and offer our humble shukrana to Mawlana Hazar Imam for gracing us with His visit to the United States.

Luminaries awarded UCSF Medal

Friends,

Awarded annually, the UCSF Medal replaces the granting of honorary degrees and is bestowed on individuals who have attained preeminence in an area that is in support of UCSF's mission. I am very pleased to announce the 2011 UCSF Medal recipients:

His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, and Chancellor of the Aga Khan University


Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Nobel Laureate and Morris Herzstein Endowed Chair in Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF


Dr. Marvin H. Sleisenger, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Distinguished Physician, Department of Veterans Affairs


To learn more about the history of the UCSF Medal and the 2012 nominating process, please visit my web site at http://ucsfchancellor.ucsf.edu/ucsf-medal.

Please join me in congratulating our esteemed 2011 recipients on their extraordinary contributions to human health and well-being.

Sincerely,

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH
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http://ucsfchancellor.ucsf.edu/ucsf-medal.

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"Gilani is likely to meet the spiritual leader Prince Karim Aga Khan."

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Prince Karim hosts dinner for PM Gilani in Paris

PARIS, France, May 4 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday attended a dinner hosted by Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Aga Khan community.The Prime Minister arrived at Aiglemont - the estate of Prince Aga Khan, which is situated in the north of Paris.The dinner was also attended by Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar and Advisor to PM on Minorities Affairs Dr. Paul Jacob Bhatti.

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Village to be sealed off for queen's stud visit

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By Tom Brady Security Editor

Tuesday May 10 2011

A VILLAGE will be cut in two during Queen Elizabeth's visit next week.

Roads around Kilcullen in Co Kildare will be sealed off and streets shut down as the British monarch travels to the county to visit two of Ireland's leading studs.

The highlight of her four-hour journey to Co Kildare will be a walk to the stallion shed at Gilltown Stud to visit one of the greatest racehorses of all-time, Sea the Stars.

Formerly trained by John Oxx on the Curragh, Sea the Stars won six group one races as a three-year-old in 2009 and has been described by Mr Oxx as "the point to which thoroughbred breeding has arrived after 300 years".

The queen, who is a keen racegoer and the owner of several outstanding horses in the past, will see the Irish star at Gilltown Stud, which is located outside Kilcullen. The stud is owned by the Aga Khan, who will host a special private reception for his distinguished guest.

Journey

The queen will begin her trip to Kildare on Thursday week with a journey down the M7 motorway to the National Stud in Kildare town.

She will spend about half an hour at the stud, where she will meet leading representatives of the Irish horseracing industry.

As part of the security arrangements, the National Stud and adjacent Japanese Gardens will be closed to the public from Tuesday to Thursday next week and will re-open on Friday.

The queen's cavalcade will then travel across the Curragh plains and through Athgarvan and Kilcullen before arriving at Gilltown, where a guided tour of the stud will be followed by the reception.

Residents living along the route of her proposed itinerary are being interviewed by gardai and asked to give details of the occupants of the houses and their likely whereabouts during the planned visit.

A number of alternative routes have also been drawn up by senior garda officers in their contingency planning.

Six hundred gardai will be deployed along the routes within the county as officers prepare for four days of what is being called the biggest saturation policing operation ever mounted on the island.

Officers said that peaceful protests would be policed in the normal manner, but anybody attempting to block the cavalcade or interfere with arrangements would not be tolerated.

- Tom Brady Security Editor

Irish Independent
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Photo of Noorani family with PM of Pakistani

4TH MAY 2011 A sumptuous dinner was hosted by Prince Karim Aga Khan Fatimid Imam Caliph in the honor of Prime Minister of Pakistan at his personal estate of Aiglemont Chantilly France. The Aiglemont is situated in the French historical small town of Chantilly Gouvieux which is about 40 km away from north of Paris.The town of Chantilly is worldly known for the historical castle of Condé and for its beautiful natural environment.The dinner was attended by the 28 VIPs, entourage of Prime Minister, including the Minister of State for the Foreign Affairs, Ms.Hina Rabbani Khar, and Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister for the Privatization, Mr.Asfandyar Wali Khan a MNA of ANP, the Chairman of Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, and also Dr.Paul Jacob Bhatti the advisor to Prime Minister on minorities affairs.There were also a good number of MNAs of the various political parties of Pakistan.The all entourage admired the cordial hospitality of Aga Khan which showed his deep love for Pakistan.

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MHI participates in the UNESCO event for the launch of Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education

UNESCO to launch Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education

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A Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education will be launched at a high level forum to be held at UNESCO Headquarters on Thursday 26 May.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova will welcome participants to the event, followed by opening remarks from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The keynote speech for the Forum will be made by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikha Hasina.

Prime Minister of Mali Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, the Aga Khan, founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network Foundation, and representatives of several corporate giants participating in the partnership including Nokia, Procter and Gamble, GEMS Education, Microsoft and the Packard Foundation, will also participate.

Globally, some 39 million girls of lower secondary age are currently not enrolled in either primary or secondary education, while two thirds of the world’s 796 million illiterate adults are women. Only about one third of countries have achieved gender parity at secondary level.

‘Better Life, Better Future’ will seek collaborative and innovative solutions to the most fundamental obstacles and challenges to education for women and adolescent girls. A number of projects are already underway in several countries.

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MHI in a royal Amsterdam event

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Aga Khan celebrates 50 years of success in racing
Take a good look at the filly foal pictured here with her mother.

A star is born: Zarkava with her filly foal by Dalakhani Photo: AGA KHAN

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This may be the first sight of the winner of the 2014 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

This beautiful portrait of the unbeaten 2008 Arc winner Zarkava and her foal by Dalakhani, another winner of France’s top race, captures the look of a champion, and possibly, a future one too.

The study of the brilliant Zarkava and her daughter can be found on the front cover of A Racing and Breeding Tradition, The Horses of the Aga Khan, written by Philip Jodidio, a commissioned work to celebrate the legendary owner-breeder’s fifty years in racing.

It is a magnificent volume, beautifully photographed, with the detailed story of the Aga Khan’s family history and its ongoing commitment to racing.

Starting with the first Aga Khan, who was born in Kahak, Iran, in 1804 but later based in what was then called Bombay, the rich and fascinating history of one of the world’s great racing dynasties, is told with great flair. The current Aga Khan is as familiar a sight on European racecourses as was his grandfather, Aga Khan III, who owned the second winner of the King George, the 1952 winner Tulyar, ridden by Charlie Smirke.
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Perhaps it is appropriate to be reviewing this work in the week of the King George, as Prince Aly Khan’s Petite Etoile finished second to Aggressor, trained by Towser Gosden, in the 1960 running. When Aly Khan was killed in a car crash, his son took over his horses, mares and stud farms, because “I felt it was part of our family history.”

Petite Etoile was a notoriously shy breeder, but her only filly, called Zahra (by Habitat), became the great grand-dam of Zarkava.

The Aga Khan IV has won the King George three times. With the unforgettable Shergar in 1981, Alamshar (2003) and Azamour (2005), the latter having the distinction of winning the only running that took place at Newbury. The race was staged there owing to the redevelopment of Ascot.

Remarkably, Zarkava’s filly foal has already changed colour, having turned grey, like her father. Zarkava is now carrying a foal by Sea The Stars. Now what price that one for the 2015 King George?

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Minister Baird Meets with His Highness the Aga Khan in Paris | Le ministre Baird rencontre Son Altesse l'Aga Khan à Paris

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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird meets with His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, in Paris on September 2, 2011. They met to discuss the issue of combating religious intolerance and Canada’s commitment to create the Office of Religious Freedom. Minister Baird and the Aga Khan also took the opportunity to discuss the situation in the Middle East and North Africa. [Return...]
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