Do business and Islam mix? Yes, if you are the Aga Khan
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The Aga Kahn's long-term investment in Uganda Fishnet Manufacturers in Kampala helped to start a fish-farming industry in the country. The fishnet factory is the only such operation in East Africa.
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The Aga Khan, left, poses with his son and daughter-in-law, Sept. 17, 2006, in Chantilly, northern Paris.
PHOTO: AFP
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A classroom at the University of Central Asia, Kazakhstan, founded by the Aga Khan.
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Britain's Prince Charles, left, chats with the Paris-based Aga Khan during their visit to a 900-year-old fort in the northern Afghan village of Altit, Nov. 3, 2006. The Aga Khan maintains close ties to influential leaders from all walks of life.
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The Aga Khan, left, congratulates graduates of a midwife training course in Afghanistan that was sponsored by the Aga Khan Development Network.
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Afaa Weaver: Once upon a trauma
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Afaa Weaver executes his taichi moves at 5:30am behind the tennis courts at National Taiwan University. Fellow poets and academics say Weaver is one of the most important poets writing in the US today.
PHOTO: Ron Brownlow, Taipei Times
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Hardcover--UK: Europe's pursuit of glory was more than gory
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By Tim Blanning
708 Pages
Viking
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South Koreans turn to shamanism to explain the inexplicable
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Jin Sun-mi, 33, a South Korean female shaman, performing a ceremony at Gut Dang, near Seoul, South Korea.
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Ahn Sook Hee, 46, a Korean female shaman, burns papers inscribed with messages, after a ritual ceremony at Gut Dang, South Korea.
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Yang Soon-im, a shaman, performing a ritual ceremony at Gut Dang, South Korea. Yang Soon-im is highly sought after in Seoul.
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Kim Myung-soon, a South Korean female shaman, with a pig that had been killed as an offering to the gods, during a ritual ceremony in Gut Dang, South Korea
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Hardcover--US: When politics and medical uncertainty meet, the weak suffer
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By Helen Epstein
326 Pages
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Feature: Shoushan Zoo has uncertain future
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Two camels lie in the sun at Shoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung City on April 13. Officials said that the zoo has been suffering from manpower and funding shortages.
PHOTO: HOU CHENG-HSU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Germans split over mosque and the role of Islam
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Asian stocks rise while traders consolidate positions
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Investors look at stock price monitors at a securities company in Shanghai, China, on Friday. Chinese stocks recovered from early losses to post their largest one-day gain in six months on Friday, led by heavyweight financial companies and property developers. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 4.58 percent to 3,781.35, its biggest daily rise in percentage terms since it surged 4.7 percent on Jan. 15.
PHOTO: AP
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A stock trader watches his monitor as he trades over the phone at a brokerage firm in Mumbai on Friday. The benchmark 30-share SENSEX index rose as much as 145.33 points or 0.97 percent to a new intraday all-time record high of 15,007.22 before retracting marginally to 14,983.94, up 122.05 points or 0.82 percent.
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Goldman Sachs threats probed
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Police officers stand outside the New York headquarters of the Goldman Sachs investment firm in New York on Friday.
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Boeing says new Dreamliner will be on schedule
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Mike Bair, Boeing Commercial Airplanes' vice president and general manager of the 787 program, stands next to a model of the plane as he listens to questions from journalists and others gathered in Seattle on Friday.
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Harleys becoming big in Japan
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Harley-Davidson owners pose with their group's logo at the Blue Sky Heaven rally for Harley-Davidson owners at Fuji Speedway in Gotemba, Japan, on June 10.
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Motorcycle riders take line-dancing lessons at the Blue Sky Heaven rally at Fuji Speedway in Gotemba, Japan, on June 10.
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Bamboo in short supply as world clamors for more
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Jackie Heinricher, a biologist and owner of nursery and research lab Boo-Shoot Gardens, stands in a patch of incense bamboo at her home in Mount Vernon, Washington, on June 20.
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Feature: Falcons rule the roost at Wimbledon
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Wayne Davis is pictured with Callisto, a peregrine falcon used to scare away pigeons, at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, England, on Thursday.
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Voronin relishing lining up alongside Gerrard, Alsonso
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Liverpool's new signing Andriy Voronin is presented at the club's Melwood training ground on Friday.
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Twins rout the White Sox twice
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Justin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins watches his RBI single during the seventh inning of their baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Friday in Chicago.
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Brito sets record as Whales hammer Lions
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Pat Ahearn of the Macoto Cobras lets it rip in Friday's game against the Sinon Bulls in Sinjhuang.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Vick's property used to train fighting dogs: papers
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State and federal officials carry out coolers of evidence to a truck as they search the grounds behind the home owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick in Smithfield, Virginia, on Friday.
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Wallabies come from behind to beat 'Boks
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Australia's George Gregan, center, releases the ball during the Tri-Nations Rugby Union Test against South Africa in Sydney yesterday.
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Lewis Hamilton sets the pace at Silverstone
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Brazilian Ferrari driver Felipe Massa in action at Silverstone yesterday during the qualifying session for the Formula One British Grand Prix.
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Lewis Hamilton celebrates after qualifying in pole position for the Formula One British Grand Prix at Silverstone yesterday.
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