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Schleck unruffled after dad's customs search
- 2008-07-24
SAINT ETIENNE, France AFP — Tour de France star Andy Schleck suggested "jealousy" may have been the reason a car driven by his father on the race was subject to a French customs police search on Thursday. A car being driven by Johnny Schleck, the father of Luxembourg stars...
Ravenous Raikkonen in hunt of a win
- 2008-06-19
MAGNY-COURS, France AFP — Defending World champion Finn Kimi Raikkonen is more determined than ever to win this weekend's French Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver has failed to score points in either of the last two Grands Prix but is adamant that a victory at Magny-Cours will re-ignite his...
Germany says still at odds with France over emissions
- 2008-06-06
BERLIN AFP — Germany and France are still at odds over EU-wide plans to reduce car emissions and will not sign an agreement at a bilateral summit next week, a German government spokesman said Friday. "There are reports in the press saying that the row has been resolved. I...
Life's tough on North American smokers
- 2007-12-26
WASHINGTON AFP — It's tough being a smoker in America. Smoking on the pavement, in your car, even your own home could put you on the wrong side of the law in the United States. Twenty states and more than 2,000 cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and...
French police hunt suspected ETA killers of Spanish officer
- 2007-12-01
CAPBRETON, France AFP — French police were hunting suspected members of Basque separatist group ETA who shot dead a Spanish officer and badly wounded a colleague in southwest France Saturday. French Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie described it as a "chance encounter" in a cafe between the suspects and the...
Pyrenees bear, farmers' foe, killed in road accident
- 2007-08-09
TARBES, France AFP — A Slovenian bear branded public enemy number one by sheep farmers after she was let loose in the French Pyrenees as part of a conservation scheme was killed Thursday in a road accident, police said. Franska the bear was killed in a nighttime collision with...
Spaniard becomes first Tour de France abandon due to car crash
- 2007-07-08
CANTERBURY, England AFP — Spaniard Eduardo Gonzalez claimed the first unwanted statistic of the Tour de France Sunday following a spectacular crash which forced him out of the race. Gonzalez, who rides for the modest French team Agritubel - one of two 'wildcard' teams on the race - crashed...
Honda nowhere near success: Button
- 2007-07-05
SILVERSTONE AFP — Britain's Jenson Button admits his Honda team is nowhere near achieving the success they crave ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix. Button claimed his first championship point of the season last weekend in France and while he welcomed the step forward he is realistic about his...
Davidson and team blame narrow pitlane for crash
- 2007-06-29
MAGNY-COURS, France AFP — Briton Anthony Davidson and his Super Aguri team blamed the narrow pit-lane at the Magny-Cours circuit for causing a bizarre collision on Friday. Davidson was exiting his garage when he ran into the side of Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi's Toro Rosso car and the collision damaged...
British pensioner jailed for million-dollar Ecstasy traffic
- 2007-06-08
LILLE, France AFP — A 63-year-old British pensioner arrested in northern France with a million dollars' worth of Ecstasy pills in his car was sentenced on Friday to five years' in jail. Antony Caldory, from Essex in southeast England, was also ordered to pay a 735,600-euro (one-million-dollar) French customs'...
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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