"Depending
on whom you ask, commentators on the Qur 'an have defined riba (a
forced, or demanded, exchange of quantities that gives one party an
advantage over another) in various ways, ranging from usury (laws) to
bank interest. The next is Environmental Threats: Water, Weather and
Health, which takes place the week of March 13, in the Dominican
Republic . Ground
water retreats. On test scores,
high school graduation rates, school grades, drug use and other
indices, the gap between girls and boys is wide and widening.

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Islamic Finance: A Look Behind the Practice of Merging Faith and Financials; CFA Magazine Examines History and Current Practice of Centuries-Old Investment Tec

If the announcement caught some in the investment
community off guard , it was old news to those who had been following
the evolution of Islamic finance.
A challenge for Islamic investors and investment professionals
alike is the lack of uniform standards on how to interpret Shariah
law. The goal is to deepen
understanding of the great and growing increase in the population of
older adults.

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Environmental Threats: Water, Weather and Health

Directed by the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation
(CERC) at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, the institute
will explore the increasing vulnerability to tsunamis and other
environmental catastrophes.

The Ethnic Press

Some 100 newspapers and magazines in the New York City area are
published in a language other than English. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by
creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information
and entertainment.

This press release can be downloaded from www.

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Musharakah is similar to the conventional concepts of partnership and
joint-stock ownership, where mudarabah is essentially profit and loss
sharing . In addition to the
actual immersion courses, the institutes typically involve creation of
Web sites as an online meeting place for participants as well as
alumni. Yet despite their
importance , their journalists have no good place to find guidance in
American-style fact-based journalism and standards.

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Normally, a bank acts as a lead borrower and manages the funds of
the depositors to generate profits that depositors share. Kamal noted that liquidity-management problems arise
because many banks do not yet have the infrastructure to better match
assets to liabilities.
Complimentary subscriptions are available to financial journalists. CFA Institute has 75,000 members in 118 countries .

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USA, with additional offices in London and Hong Kong., 44-207-712-1719 in London or 852-2868-2700
in Hong Kong. The immersion course will use
lectures, workshops, discussion and fieldwork (in the Dominican
Republic) to present the latest information about the impact of
environmental change on global warming, drinking water, fisheries,
emerging infectious diseases and local economies.

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The institutes, each about a week long, will accept about a dozen
experienced journalists. The other institutes, repeating popular topics from
past years, are:

The Ethnic Press

The Age Boom Academy

Islam and Muslims in America

Kids@Risk: The Overweight Generation

The institute, drawing on different schools and departments at
NYU, aims to give reporters and editors access to the best information
and expertise on the alarming increase in obese children in the United
States. These foreign-language
publications serve one million-plus readers, providing a valuable
resource to New York's ethnic neighborhoods.

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Omar Marwan Kamal,
executive manager of the Islamic Financial Services Group of Ernst +
Young in Bahrain during the World Islamic Banking Conference in
December 2004.

Why Do Boys Do Worse?

Boys do worse than girls according to measurements in a wide range
of social behaviors - sometimes much worse.

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About CFA Magazine

CFA Magazine is a bimonthly, practice-based magazine for CFA
Institute members worldwide.
The first institute this year is Kids@Risk: The Overweight
Generation, which begins this morning, Monday, March 7, at New York
University.

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The following articles provide background on the principles of
Islamic finance and explore the enigmatic nature of the sector:

The cover story (mentioned above): "Islamic Finance: Can
centuries-old religious law incorporate modern investment
theory? A new generation exploring the possibilities," by
Susan Trammell, CFA

"A Great Leap Forward," a biographical look at Islamic finance
practitioner Yavar Moini, by Susan Trammell , CFA

"The Essence of Islamic Finance," a commentary by Brian
Ingram, CFA

"Islamic Finance can be just as effective and sophisticated as
conventional finance," a point/counterpoint debate by Usman
Ilahi Malik, CFA, director of planning and development, Punjab
Oil Mills Limited, Islamabad, Pakistan, and Amin Dawood Saleh,
CFA, Northern Gulf at Standard Chartered Bank, Manama, Bahrain

Among the key points to Islamic finance discussed throughout the
articles is the basis of the sector--mudarabah and musharakah--which
are two main principles intended to level the playing field between
parties involved in a transaction while promoting a sound work ethic.

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CFA Magazine is the bimonthly practice-based magazine for CFA
Institute members.

"It really started with the formation of
Islamic banks in the Middle East in the mid-1970s.

The New York Times Company Foundation Announces Six 2005 Institutes for Journalists

Diseases jump from other species to our own. The institute has been conducted
since its inception by the International Longevity Center, a
non-partisan research organization in New York affiliated with the
Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

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"Islamic finance is based on the premise that interest is
prohibited in Islamic law, but this is a controversial issue," says
Bashir Ahmed, a financial training consultant in Toronto.
Nonmember subscriptions are $75 annually.

These sites also enable non-participants to learn from the
institutes' instructional materials . Sessions will address the diversity
among Muslims in different parts of the country; ties of American
Muslims abroad; the changing role of Muslim women; concerns of Muslim
families with issues of marriage, child raising, food, dress, identify
and group loyalties.com

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A modern
example is a mutual fund that invests in securities that have been
filtered for Shariah compliance such as the FTSE Global Islamic Index
and the Dow Jones Islamic Market.
Also on the haram list is investing in companies that take part in the
marketing or manufacturing of alcohol, gambling, pork and/or
pornography .cfainstitute.

The Age Boom Academy

This institute will convene in the fall for the sixth time,
bringing reporters and editors into contact with experts in biology,
medicine, religion , economic and public opinion.3 billion, includes The New York Times, the
International Herald Tribune , The Boston Globe, 16 other newspapers,
eight network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio
stations and more than 40 Web sites, including NYTimes.

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"This industry is now going through a third generation of
evolution," said Yavar Moini, senior manager of Islamic-structured
finance at Dubai Bank. CFA Institute is headquartered in Charlottesville, Va.

Islam and Muslims in America

Social Science Research Council will put journalists into contact
with the diversity and involvement of Muslims in American life and
connect them with scholars and leaders of the Islamic community who
can serve as reliable sources.

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----The latest
edition of CFA Magazine explores the fascinating history and
methodology of Islamic finance and the balance between religion and
financial regulation among practicing Muslims. Animal
and plant species change their ranges. For the fifth consecutive year, the Company was ranked No.

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From the mid-to-late 1990s to
present day is really the third generation of institutions. It provides local financial reporting and
regulatory developments , in-depth industry coverage, lively debates
and "nuts and bolts" articles containing practical applications . This will be the sixth year for
this program, open to journalists from around the country.com.

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Religion Writers/Business Editors/Financial Editors

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Now you're
actually getting quite sophisticated product offerings. Among the
activities that are listed as haram are certain interest-related,
fixed-income securities such as mortgages, credit card debt and loans.

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Boston.

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The cover story,
"Islamic Finance: Can centuries-old religious law incorporate modern
investment theory," looks at how Islamic finance applies issues of
centuries-old faith to modern capital markets. The article begins:
"One of the more unusual developments in finance in 2004 (or 1425,
according to the Islamic calendar) was the introduction of the first
fund of hedge funds compliant with the principles of Shariah, or
Islamic law. Sessions cover journalistic ethics , investigative
techniques, marketing, Web-based information retrieval and legal
issues.

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Compared to conventional banks, Islamic banks carry more than nine
percent excess liquidity, according to Dr. So, in practice, it depends on the interpretation of
the Islamic law.

About CFA Institute

CFA Institute is the global, non-profit professional association
that administers the Chartered Financial Analyst(R) curriculum and
examination program worldwide and sets voluntary, ethics-based
professional and performance-reporting standards for the investment
industry. The institutes are each conducted by an
institution expert in the particular subject. Experts from the nursing, education , psychology, public health
and medical departments will lead discussions on epidemiology,
demographic trends, ethnic differences, genetic and environmental
determinants and the politics of food.

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Its
membership includes the world's 63,000 CFA charterholders, as well as
131 affiliated professional societies and chapters in 52 countries and
territories. More information
may be found at www.S .
The New York Times Foundation, which is a private foundation
funded by the Company, supports all the instructional and Web site
costs and contributes to the travel and expenses of the participants . The Ethnic Press
institute, the only one of the institutes that is conducted directly
by The New York Times, will bring journalists to The Times in the
spring for a week.
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"From the mid-1980s to mid -1990s, you had the second generation,
whereby Islamic banks were developing slightly more sophisticated
corporate and retail-banking structures, trying to come up with better
products and a better level of service.
As Islamic finance closely follows the word of the Qu'ran, there
are business activities that are both acceptable (halal) and
unacceptable (haram) for Muslims to participate in.

Over the centuries, a number of distinctive expressions of Muslim faith and practice have emerged, within both the Sunni and Shia traditions.

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1-434-951-5499 in the U.

Some have grown to have a clear and separate identity, others have remained more or less within the Sunni /Shia traditions.

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Journalists may receive complimentary copies of the March/April
edition of CFA Magazine by contacting CFA Institute.

Philanthropy Writers/Business Editors

NEW YORK- ---The New York Times
Company Foundation announced today that it will sponsor six New York
Times Institutes - immersion courses on complex subjects of rising
importance to the press and public.

Forests and coral reefs disappear. This year's institute will be coordinated with the White
House Conference in Aging this fall.nytco.

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The majority of
their assets were either real estate or very short-term, trading-type
activities. These institutes, as well as Why Do Boys Do Worse?, are new
to the program. This
fall, the institute will be directed by the Graduate School of
Journalism at Columbia University and will draw on other faculties to
examine the phenomenon and assess proposed policy interventions.

The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), a leading media company
with 2004 revenues of $3.