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Pakistan PM escapes assassination attempt
- 2008-09-03
ISLAMABAD AFP — Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani escaped an apparent assassination attempt when two shots hit his motorcade Wednesday, just three days before the country's presidential election. Officials said Gilani was not in the targeted car at the time, but the brazen daytime attack underscored the turmoil...
Car bomb kills four as violence returns to Pakistan
- 2008-04-25
MARDAN, Pakistan AFP — Four people were killed and 30 hurt when a car bomb demolished a police station in northwest Pakistan on Friday, ending a lull in attacks since a new government took power last month. Pakistani Taliban militants said the blast in the city of Mardan was...
Bomb targeting Pakistan vote candidate kills two: police
- 2008-02-13
PESHAWAR, Pakistan AFP — A roadside bomb blast ripped through an election candidate's car in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding two others, police said. The candidate from a pro-Taliban Islamic party was among those wounded in the blast, which happened as the car left a...
Fresh violence claims 23 lives in Pakistan
- 2007-08-04
ISLAMABAD AFP — Fresh violence left 23 people, including four soldiers, dead Saturday in an escalation of the bloody unrest that has rocked Pakistan over the past month. The military said militants fired a barrage of rockets at security checkposts and then attacked one of them with automatic weapons...
Judge hurt, three police killed in Pakistan blast
- 2007-03-02
MULTAN, Pakistan AFP — An anti-terrorist judge was wounded and three policemen were killed when a remote-controlled bomb attached to a bicycle exploded in the central Pakistani city of Multan Friday, police said. Judge Bashir Ahmed Bhatti, who often hears cases against Islamic militants, was among nine people injured...
Blast rocks Red Cross office in Pakistan, operations suspended
- 2007-02-10
PESHAWAR, Pakistan AFP — The International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC has suspended operations in a large area of north-western Pakistan after an overnight bomb attack, a spokesman has said. No one was hurt but several cars were damaged after an explosive device was lobbed into the car...
Suicide attack at Pakistani airport wounds three police
- 2007-02-06
ISLAMABAD AFP — A suicide attacker opened fire at Pakistan's Islamabad International airport before blowing himself up with a hand grenade, injuring three people, the interior minister said. The attack was the second suicide blast in Islamabad and the fifth in Pakistan since January 26, raising fears that Taliban...
One killed, two hurt in blast in northwestern Pakistan
- 2006-12-26
PESHAWAR, Pakistan AFP — A car bomb has exploded outside the main airport in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing a labourer and wounding two others. The bomb, planted in a small Suzuki car, went off near the parking lot of the airport at 7:10 am (0210 GMT), senior...
Suicide car bomb kills seven Pakistani soldiers
- 2006-06-26
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan AFP — Seven Pakistani soldiers died and 20 were hurt when a suicide bomber blew up his car at a checkpost in a tense tribal area where militants have announced a truce, officials have said. The blast on Monday was the second suicide attack in a month...
Four Pakistani soldiers die in suicide car-bombing in tribal area
- 2006-06-02
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan AFP — Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and eight wounded in a suicide car-bombing in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border. Two militants also died in the blast targetting two military vehicles from a convoy that had stopped to deal with mechanical problems in North...
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 |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| 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 |
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| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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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 |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
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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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