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Oracle's new yacht for 2009 America's Cup launched
- 2008-09-02
LOS ANGELES AFP — Oracle Racing's new 90-foot multihull yacht, which will lead the US team's bid for next year's America's Cup in Spain, was launched at Anacortes in Washington State on Tuesday. The trimaran, skippered by Frenchman Franck Cammas, had initially set to begin its sea trials in...
2009 America's Cup yacht race postponed, no new date - organizers
- 2007-11-22
MADRID AFP — The 33rd America's Cup, set to take place in Spain in 2009, has been postponed, and no new date set, due to a legal dispute over the rules of the sailing event, organizers AC Management said Thursday. "The ongoing uncertainty around the conclusion of the New...
Tirty third America's Cup could be postponed to 2011 - lawyer
- 2007-11-20
MADRID AFP — The 33rd America's Cup, initially set for 2009 in Spain, could be postponed until 2011, a lawyer for Alinghi said Tuesday, but the defending Swiss champions said an official announcement is not imminent. US challenger Oracle have taken Alinghi to court in New York, arguing the...
Dates set for America's Cup, with Alinghi in early races
- 2007-11-08
BARCELONA, Spain AFP — The next America's Cup will start on July 18, 2009, and for the first time the defending champion will participate in the round-robin stages, organisers announced Thursday. Under the complex new rules, holders Alinghi of Switzerland can join the early elimination races and the semi-finals...
Oracle examining new America's Cup boat rules
- 2007-11-01
MADRID AFP — US syndicate Oracle said Thursday it is examining the new design rules for a new 90-foot-boat yacht to be used in the next America's Cup in Spain to ensure they do not give defending champions Alinghi an unfair advantage. The two sides have been locked into...
Oracle call for 'Deed Of Gift' talks with Alinghi on America's Cup 2009
- 2007-09-22
MADRID AFP — US syndicate BMW Oracle has dismissed amendments to the controversial new protocol of the next America's Cup in 2009 in Spain by defending champions Alinghi as "cosmetic". "We welcome some of the points but the changes are largely cosmetic and the central issues are not being...
Oracle looking to challenge Alinghi in 2008 America's Cup
- 2007-08-03
MADRID AFP — US syndicate BMW Oracle is making plans to challenge America's Cup defenders Alinghi as early as 2008, subject to a bitter legal row which could hold up the scheduled 2009 competition in Valencia, Spain. Well-informed sources told AFP on Friday that Oracle, owned by software billionaire...
Team to prove Stone Age man crossed Atlantic against the winds
- 2007-07-10
WASHINGTON AFP — A team of explorers and a 10-ton reed boat aim to re-write the history books by sailing from America to Europe to prove that trans-Atlantic trade links existed as long ago as the Stone Age. The Abora III and its mostly German, 12-strong crew cast their...
Alinghi beat New Zealand in fourth America's Cup race
- 2007-06-27
VALENCIA, Spain AFP — Swiss defender Alinghi beat challenger Emirates Team New Zealand in the fourth race of the America's Cup here on Wednesday to go level at 2-2 in sailing's most presitigious competition. Alinghi crossed the line 30 seconds ahead of their rivals in overcast race conditions off...
Aussie masterminding Italian tilt at Louis Vuitton yachting glory
- 2007-05-16
VALENCIA, Spain AFP — In Rome itself he might easily be taken for any one of the hordes of tourists who habitually swamp the Eternal City around this time of year. The Romans knew a thing or two about coupling seamanship with empire-building, a concept they brought to Spain's...
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| 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
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| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
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| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
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| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
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| 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.
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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 |
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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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