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Lebanese banks slam US lawsuit 'slander' by Israelis
- 2008-07-09
BEIRUT AFP — Lebanese bankers being sued by Israelis in a US court for allegedly supporting the Shiite Hezbollah group have said they are the target of slander and insisted that they are committed to high standards. "Lebanese and Arab banks are subject to slander campaigns... and this will...
Israelis sue Lebanese banks for helping Hezbollah
- 2008-07-08
NEW YORK AFP — About 60 Israeli victims of the 2006 Lebanon war have filed a 100 million dollar lawsuit in a US court against five Lebanese banks for their alleged support of the Hezbollah militant group, their lawyers said Tuesday. "This case is an attempt to uphold international...
Lebanon deal fails to tackle conflict's causes: French FM
- 2008-05-23
JERUSALEM AFP — French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in Jerusalem on Friday that the deal reached by Lebanon's rival factions fails to tackle the roots of the crisis, though it was a first step. "It goes in the right direction, but none of the essence of the crisis...
Israel wraps up West Bank war games
- 2007-04-27
JERUSALEM AFP — Israel has ended extensive military manoeuvres in the occupied West Bank that were designed to assimilate lessons learned from last year's war in Lebanon, a senior officer said on Friday. "For the last 40 hours we have conducted large ground exercises in the Judean desert," Lieutenant...
West Bank settlements grew during Lebanon war
- 2006-10-03
JERUSALEM AFP — With media attention focused on the Lebanon war, Israeli wildcat settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank have mushroomed in recent months, a watchdog group has said. Some 31 outposts sprang up in the West Bank as work on developing infrastructure, access routes as well as the...
Abbas holds talks with visiting Italian FM
- 2006-09-07
RAMALLAH, West Bank AFP — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is holding talks with Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema in the West Bank city of Ramallah. D'Alema arrived in the Palestinian territory en route from Amman where he called on Israel to lift its closure of the impoverished Gaza Strip. "We...
Israel PM shelves West Bank pullout
- 2006-09-04
JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has shelved his controversial plan to withdraw from large swathes of the occupied West Bank and said he wanted dialogue with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. The embattled premier, under fire over the war in Lebanon and facing possible corruption probes, said Monday...
Two West Bank militants detained over rocket plan
- 2006-09-03
JERUSALEM AFP — The Israeli army said it had detained two Palestinian militants in the West Bank who were allegedly planning to fire rockets into Israel on orders of Lebanon's Hezbollah. Tahar Amar and Hassan Ufi of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed group loosely linked to president Mahmud Abbas's...
Israelis from north seek safety with West Bank settlers
- 2006-08-05
EFRAT, West Bank AFP — Hundreds of residents in northern Israel have fled cross-border rocket salvos from Hezbollah militants in Lebanon for the relative safety of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. The municipality of Efrat, a 7,000-strong settlement near the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, has provided sanctuary...
15 killed in Israel incursions in Gaza, West Bank
- 2006-07-19
MAGHAZI REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip AFP — Fifteen Palestinians were killed as Israeli troops moved into a Gaza refugee camp and a West Bank town, pushing a campaign to rescue a teenage soldier and stop rocket fire into a fourth week. Three militants were shot dead by Israeli forces...
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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