Shiraz University
SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY
A private university established in 1956 in Shiraz, Iran.
The Pahlavi University of Shiraz, Iran, was established by a special law passed by the parliament in 1956 as a nongovernment university under the trust of the king, the queen, and the crown prince. Its name was changed to Shiraz University after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. It began with nine colleges or faculties and by 1977 had 648 faculty members and 5,129 students. It was one of the first Middle Eastern universities created on the U.S. model, offering courses in English and including among its faculty a number of foreigners. Its curriculum includes courses in literature, natural sciences, medicine, agriculture, and engineering. It had 12,600 students and 360 teachers in 2002.
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Couple collects laptops for rural African community
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 2/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the Gleasons founded the Friends of Ruwenzori to support the Kitojo Integrated Development...she said. Martha Baker, a Friends of Ruwenzori board member, met the Gleasons at St...the homes write checks to Friends of Ruwenzori, Karen said. The Friends of Ruwenzori...
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Mountains of the moon
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 1/26/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...gave to what modern geography calls the Ruwenzori mountains. How on earth classical antiquity...faster than 200 or 300 yards a day. Ruwenzori is as near to the lost world of Conan...mammals - including quite big ones like the Ruwenzori leopard and colobus monkey - 25 unique...
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Rebels in the mountains
Magazine article from: New African; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...in the former tourist paradise of the Ruwenzori mountains where they also menace the...are overshadowed by the grandeur of the Ruwenzori Mountains and have a deceptive air of...prices partially explains this, but the Ruwenzori region is rich in mineral wealth...
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Second Episcopal congregation bolts over gay clergy.(METROPOLITAN)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/8/2006; 700+ words
; ...affiliate with the Anglican Diocese of Ruwenzori in Uganda. The five-year-old...the Diocese of Virginia for the Ruwenzori diocese. Mr. Nixon said he and...Phil Ashey of South Riding visited Ruwenzori Bishop Benezeri Kisembo in Uganda...
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Letter: The horror spills into Uganda
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/26/1996; ; 408 words
; ...Uganda's Bakonzo tribe among the southern foothills of the Ruwenzori (the Mountains of the Moon) and on the northern shore of...the most remarkable tropical biosphere of the planet, the Ruwenzori highlands. TOM STACEY London W8
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LETTERS.
Magazine article from: Geographical; 5/1/2000; 655 words
; ...pressures pushed up and tipped a large chunk of rock creating the Ruwenzori Mountains. About 12,500 years ago the waters of Lake Victoria...Kagera and Semliki which drain the watershed of the Burundi and Ruwenzori Mountains -- the Mountains of the Moon. Christopher Ondaatje...
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POLITICS: UGANDA TO PRESS SUDAN FOR RETURN OF REBEL LEADER
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 1/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...wiping out the insurgency in the mountainous western region of Ruwenzori on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC...to the nation, said the army has permanently pacified the Ruwenzori region, by destroying rebel bases in western Uganda, making...
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Katanga Announces Second Closing of US$265 Million Mandatorily Convertible Loan Facility.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 2/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...insider of the Company with director appointment rights), Ruwenzori Limited and RP Partners Fund (who are also entities affiliated...were made for investment purposes, and Glencore, and RP, Ruwenzori Limited, RP Partners Fund, Lora and Ellesmere ( RP/Trust...
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A History of Sub-Saharan Africa.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...as in other places, the authors' delightful prose is captured in their description of the Ruwenzori Mountains when they write, "Here in the Ruwenzori earthworms will grow to three feet, canaries five feet from beak to tail, all dominated...
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Ugandan breaks ties with Virginia diocese; Anglican leader supports Loudoun pastor who left over gay bishop.(NATION)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...Nov. 14 that his church was joining the Anglican Diocese of Ruwenzori in Uganda. In response, Bishop Lee expelled Mr. Ashey from...in the Episcopal Church. Mr. Ashey's new boss would be Ruwenzori Bishop Benezeri Kisembo, who was written up in the Kampala...
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Ruwenzori
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ruwenzori , mountain range, E central Africa, on the Uganda-Congo border, in...located in the range's eastern foothills. The snowcapped summits of the Ruwenzori include Mt. Margherita (16,798 ft/5,120 m) and Mt. Alexandra...
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Otter Shrews
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Micropotamogale lamottei ), and the Ruwenzori otter shrew ( M. ruwenzorii ). Giant...11 cm). Its feet are not webbed. Ruwenzori otter shrews have slightly larger bodies...webbed. These otter shrews live in the Ruwenzori Mountains in the Democratic Republic...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...numerous swamps. The plateau is bordered on the east by mountains, which rise to the lofty Ruwenzori range (located on the border with Uganda). The Ruwenzori include Margherita Peak (16,763 ft/5,109 m), the country's highest point...
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Afro—alpine vegetation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
...Afro-alpine’) and, besides containing plants found at lower altitudes in middle and high latitudes, they also include endemics (see ENDEMISM ), e.g. the giant lobelias and groundsels on Ruwenzori and Kilimanjaro.
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Kivu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Kivu, Sud-Kivu, and Maniema. Coffee, cotton, rice, and palm oil are produced, and tin and some gold are mined. The Ruwenzori Mts., Kahuzi-Biega National Park, and part of Maiko National Park are in the region. Most of Kivu was controlled (1961...
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