Daily Archives: July 22, 2010

Canadian artiste Farahri makes Reggae Sumfest debut

NO stranger to the Jamaican music scene, ANOKHI award-winning artiste Farahri finished off 2009 with a vibrant performance at Reggae Fever. This year, Farahri is back once again to perform alongside reggae pop star Fire Lion at this year’s annual … Continue reading

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CPLP: Foundation Aga Khan Development signs a protocol of cooperation with countries lusófionos

Luanda, 21 Jul (Lusa) – The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and the Foundation Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) today signed a cooperation protocol which aims to improve the quality of life for people living in vulnerable contexts in … Continue reading

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Disaster preparedness weeks raise awareness with practical tips and advice

On 23 June 2010 at 1:41pm, an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hit the Ontario-Quebec border. Tremors were also reported in some US states, including Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Jersey and New York. The earthquake occurred near the southern edge … Continue reading

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Focus On AIDS Prevention At XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), Vienna, Austria

Written by Christian Nordqvist Between July 18th and 23rd the biennial International AIDS Conference will bring together approximately 25,000 researchers, experts, governments representatives, health care professionals, activists, business leaders and HIV/AIDS patients, with the theme Rights here, right now. The … Continue reading

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Expert Says More Than Half The World’s Population Gets Insufficient Vitamin D

Vitamin D surfaces as a news topic every few months. How much daily vitamin D should a person get? Is it possible to have too much of it? Is exposure to the sun, which is the body’s natural way of … Continue reading

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Microsoft announces 4GB Xbox 360

Microsoft has just announced the successor to the storage-less Xbox 360 Arcade, the creatively-named Xbox 360 4GB, which features 4GB of internal flash memory, built-in 802.11n WiFi and a casual-friendly price of US$199.99. In other Microsoft news, Kinect has officially … Continue reading

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High pass rate for AKU-EB HSSC students

Karachi, Pakistan: This year’s Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) position holders, graduating from Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) are all from Karachi. Muhammad Aziz from Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Karachi, this year’s top position holder, achieved 88.2 per … Continue reading

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Statement by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Kabul Conference on Afghanistan

Statement by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Kabul Conference on Afghanistan (Delivered by Prince Amyn Aga Khan on behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan) Download the complete speech in Pdf Format: Download *The Speech can be downloaded from the … Continue reading

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