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World a 'better place' without Hezbollah leader: US spokesman
- 2008-02-13
WASHINGTON AFP — The United States said Wednesday the "world is a better place" without a top commander of the Lebanese Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah, who was assassinated in a car bombing in Damascus. Analysts and others, however, warned of the high likelihood of retaliation against Israel, which Hezbollah...
Israeli strike kills three Gaza civilians 'in error'
- 2008-01-15
GAZA CITY AFP — An Israeli air strike killed three members of the same family, including a teenager, in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in what the army called an error, one day after the deadliest day of violence in the territory for more than a year. The victims...
Israeli airstrike in Gaza wounds four Hamas militants: Hamas
- 2007-12-15
GAZA CITY AFP — Four members of the Hamas military wing were wounded in an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City early on Sunday, Hamas and Palestinian medics said. Ezzadine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, said gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire and missiles at Israeli...
Israel to encourage development of electric cars
- 2007-11-11
JERUSALEM AFP — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday his government will encourage the development of electric cars to help wean Israel off fossil fuels. "We will encourage the research and development of electric cars and examine the possibility of giving aid to companies and industries that manufacture...
Peres says Israel to focus on green energy
- 2007-09-18
JERUSALEM AFP — President Shimon Peres touted Israel as a future think thank for solutions to global warming, quipping that the sun was a more reliable resource than oil from Saudi Arabia. "Israel in my judgment can and should become a laboratory, or a pilot plant, for most of...
Sirens bring Israel to halt on Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 2007-04-16
JERUSALEM AFP — Sirens wailed across Israel on Monday, bringing traffic and pedestrians to a halt, as the Jewish state marked its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. As the sirens sounded at 0700 GMT for two minutes, cars braked in the streets and pedestrians stopped on the sidewalks to honour...
BBC reporter kidnapped in Gaza
- 2007-03-12
GAZA CITY AFP — Armed men kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston after forcing him from his car in the volatile Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian security sources said. Johnston, a Briton and the BBC's primary journalist in Gaza, is one of the few Western reporters to be permanently based...
US Marines build sand walls in latest Iraq tactic
- 2007-01-11
HADITHA, Iraq AFP — Adapting ideas tracing back from ancient history to modern Israel, US Marines have sealed off flashpoint towns with sand walls in a new counter-insurgency tactic to quell the wilds of western Iraq. Driving across the desert to Haditha, one of the war's deadliest and most infamous...
Israeli protestors throw stones at UN commissioner's convoy
- 2006-11-21
SDEROT, Israel AFP — Israelis have thrown stones at the car of the UN high commissioner for human rights at the site of a Palestinian rocket attack near the town of Sderot, where one man was seriously wounded. As commissioner Louise Arbour arrived in the town Tuesday, a rocket fired...
Hamas PM calls off parliament appearance after Gaza protest
- 2006-09-18
GAZA CITY AFP — Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya has called off a parliament appearance after protestors angry over non-payment of salaries made him fight his way into the legislature, where he was to field questions over unity government talks. Haniya had been due to answer questions from lawmakers a...
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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