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Chanel chooses car park roof for 'mobile' art show
- 2008-02-26
HONG KONG AFP — Top fashion brand Chanel unveiled a global art exhibition in Hong Kong Tuesday, choosing the distinctly unglamourous setting of a car park roof. The show, featuring works based on Chanel's emblematic quilted handbags, opens to the public on Wednesday and is housed in a giant,...
'Oh my God', said dying Diana
- 2007-10-25
LONDON AFP — Princess Diana repeatedly said "Oh my God" as she lay beside her boyfriend Dodi Fayed in the crashed car in a Paris road tunnel in 1997, the inquest into their death heard Thursday. The London probe into the couple's death also heard how a photographer shouted,...
Diana inquest jury to visit Paris crash site
- 2007-09-05
LONDON AFP — The jury on the inquest into Diana, princess of Wales's death will visit the scene of her fatal car crash in Paris, the final preliminary hearing determined Wednesday. The trip will take place shortly after the inquest starts on October 2. The 12 members of...
Centenary cars back on the road for re-run of 1895 race
- 2007-07-01
PARIS AFP — A total of 39 cars all over 100 years old take to the road this week to replay the world's first internationally-recognised automobile race in 1895, which saw the triumph of petrol-powered engines over steam-powered cars. The Bordeaux to Paris vintage car race, due to start...
What cheek! Naked cyclists say no to cars
- 2007-06-09
PARIS AFP — Thousands of uninhibited men and women went the extra mile to make their environmental point on Saturday, riding naked on bicycles through cities as diverse as London, Paris, Madrid, Montreal and Mexico. Under the slogan "As Bare As You Dare," protesters felt the wind in their...
Diana probe says death was "tragic accident," dismisses conspiracy
- 2006-12-14
LONDON AFP — Princess Diana's death in a Paris car crash was a "tragic accident" a long-awaited report has concluded, dismissing theories of a murder plot by British intelligence. "There was no conspiracy to murder any occupants of that car. This was a tragic accident," said Lord John Stevens, the...
DNA tests indicate driver of Princess Diana's car was drunk
- 2006-12-09
LONDON AFP — DNA tests on blood samples back up initial findings that the chauffeur of Princess Diana's car was drunk on the night she died in a Paris crash in 1997. The BBC said on its website late Friday that the tests indicate that the samples taken from driver...
Diana's death was accident, not murder plot: leaked report
- 2006-12-09
LONDON AFP — A long-awaited report into Princess Diana's death in a Paris car crash will confirm a French probe that it was an accident and refute theories of a plot by British intelligence, news leaks said Sunday. The report by Lord John Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police commissioner, has...
Rebels foiled in northern Central Africa attack
- 2006-11-30
BANGUI AFP — Rebels tried to recapture the northeastern town of Birao in the Central African Republic but were driven back by the army and French fighter jets providing air support, a rebel leader said. The country's CAR army fought rebels to regain territory as far as Ouadda, 700 kilometres...
One year after riots, French "banlieues" still smoulder
- 2006-10-25
AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France AFP — A year after one of the most traumatic episodes in modern France, the conditions that touched off three weeks of suburban rioting remain firmly in place and there is widespread fear that a new outburst is only a question of time. In the seedy "Cite des...
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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