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Gaza blockade protesters arrive in Cyprus with Palestinians
- 2008-08-29
LARNACA, Cyprus AFP — Activists who sailed to the Gaza Strip in two fishing boats in symbolic defiance of an Israeli blockade arrived back in Cyprus Friday with seven residents of the besieged territory on board, among them a teenager who needs an artificial leg. "I am very happy...
Israeli activist detained on return from Gaza protest
- 2008-08-27
ASHKELON, Israel AFP — An Israeli who sailed to the Gaza Strip with a group of pro-Palestinian activists was in police custody on Wednesday after returning to Israel overland from the besieged enclave. US-born Jeff Halper was being held in a cell in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon...
Israeli released from arrest after Gaza Strip protest
- 2008-08-27
ASHKELON, Israel AFP — Police on Wednesday released an Israeli they held overnight for joining international activists who sailed to the Gaza Strip in defiance of Israel's blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory. US-born Jeff Halper, who was detained when he walked across the Erez border crossing between Gaza and...
Israel warns activists against breaking Gaza blockade
- 2008-08-19
ATHENS AFP — Israel has warned a group of pro-Palestinian activists sailing for the Gaza Strip to break a year-long blockade to steer clear of the territory, the Israeli embassy in Athens said on Tuesday. "The area to which you are planning to sail is the subject of an...
Gaza activists fear Israeli sabotage of anti-siege bid
- 2008-08-04
NICOSIA AFP — Activists who plan to break the blockade of the poverty-stricken Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip from the sea said on Monday they fear Israel may try to scupper the venture. Two sailing boats carrying 40 activists are set to sail from Cyprus 370 kilometres (230...
Activists aim to break Gaza blockade by boat
- 2008-07-31
NICOSIA AFP — Two boatloads of several dozen activists are to leave Cyprus next week bound for Gaza in a bid to break an Israeli blockade of the poverty-stricken Palestinian territory. "We want to bring it to the world's attention that Gaza is virtually an outdoor concentration camp," Greta...
Israeli extremists march to set up new outposts in West Bank
- 2007-12-09
MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank AFP — Hundreds of hardline Israeli activists fanned out across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, setting up eight wildcat outposts to protest possible evacuations of Jewish settlements. By sundown at least 300 demonstrators remained in the outposts, but Israeli security forces were expected to...
Palestinian 'settlement' protests Israeli expansion
- 2007-12-08
JERUSALEM AFP — Activists built a mock Palestinian "settlement" in the West Bank on Saturday to protest a potential Israeli expansion there as Israel's housing minister vowed to proceed with a similar project in occupied east Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority, the United States and the United Nations have warned...
Israel continues air raids as Gaza factions halt fighting
- 2007-05-19
GAZA CITY AFP — Israel targeted Hamas activists across the Gaza Strip Sunday after rival Palestinian factions clinched a new ceasefire deal to end a week of violence that has left at least 50 dead. In the latest attack two Hamas militants were killed in an airstrike in Gaza...
Two Palestinian activists killed by Israeli army
- 2006-08-24
GAZA CITY AFP — Two Palestinian activists were killed and five others wounded in an Israeli army incursion into the south of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said. Youssef Abu Dakka, a member of Hamas, was killed and four other activists were wounded by shrapnel from a shell fired...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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