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Car bomb injures 13 in Saddam's home town
- 2008-08-26
TIKRIT, Iraq AFP — A car bomb in Tikrit, the central Iraq hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, injured 13 people including four policemen on Tuesday, police said. The downtown explosion occurred at 7:30 am (0430GMT) next to the central health department, a police official said. Despite the...
Porsche boss is best-paid in German auto sector: report
- 2008-04-19
BERLIN AFP — The head of German car maker Porsche, Wendelin Wiedeking, is by far the best-paid boss in the sector, with an annual salary of some 60 million euros (90 million dollars), according to the weekly AutomobilWoche. He is streets ahead of RenaultNissan's Carlos Ghosn, Ford's Alan Mullaly,...
Car bomb kills 15 in Baghdad: security official
- 2008-03-03
BAGHDAD AFP — A car bomb killed at least 15 people and wounded 45 in central Baghdad on Monday, an Iraqi security official said. The bomb detonated near a labour ministry building in a commercial area of the Bab al-Muazam neighbourhood. The wounded included ministry employees and students...
False blind man caught out during car check: report
- 2008-02-16
ROME AFP — A 70 year-old Italian man who had been pretending to be blind for 40 years to get an invalid's pension was arrested as he drove his car, Sky TG24 television said Thursday. The "particularly nervous" man was stopped during a routine road check in the northern...
False blind man caught out during car check: report
- 2008-02-14
ROME AFP — A 70 year-old Italian man who had been pretending to be blind for 40 years to get an invalid's pension was arrested as he drove his car, Sky TG24 television said Thursday. The "particularly nervous" man was stopped during a routine road check in the northern...
Saudi woman files first case against religious police
- 2007-05-12
RIYADH AFP — A Saudi civil court is to hear the first ever case brought against the kingdom's religious police charged with enforcing a strict Islamic moral code, the woman plaintiff's lawyer told AFP on Saturday. The unnamed woman is seeking compensation after she and her daughter were allegedly...
Central European carmakers confront skills shortages, higher wage claims
- 2007-03-17
PRAGUE AFP — Car manufacturers crowding into Central Europe are confronting higher demands for wages and fringe benefits as local skills shortages strengthen the hand of workers and unions. Skoda Auto, the region's biggest auto manufacturer and profit pillar for parent company Volkswagen, is facing down a union claim...
Call for Ireland's pioneering smoking ban to be extended to cars
- 2007-02-20
DUBLIN AFP — Three years after Ireland became the first country to impose a sweeping smoking ban in enclosed spaces, its main anti-tobacco pressure group has called for it to be extended to vehicles. Professor Luke Clancy, chairman of Action on Smoking and Health ASH Ireland, which campaigns to...
Germany could ban smoking in cars
- 2007-02-17
BERLIN AFP — Germany is considering outlawing smoking in cars to protect passengers, particularly children, the government's narcotics commissioner Sabine Baetzing has said. Baetzing told the news agency DPA that the federal government was reviewing what it could do to protect Germans from second-hand smoke in automobiles. "We...
Baghdad Sadr City bombings kill 143 people
- 2006-11-23
BAGHDAD AFP — Insurgents have killed 143 people and wounded another 220 in a series of car bombings in Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City. The attacks were by far the deadliest this year in Iraq and among the worst since the US-led invasion of March 2003. "Of those killed,...
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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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