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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...
28 killed in surge of violence in Iraq
- 2008-04-14
BAGHDAD AFP — A surge of violence killed 28 people in the past 24 hours in Iraq, among them 12 members of the Kurdish peshmerga forces who died in a bomb blast near the Syrian border, officials said on Monday. The country's north bore the brunt of the violence,...
Car bomb kills eight as Afghan violence mounts
- 2008-03-26
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan AFP — Eight civilians were killed by a car bomb near a crowded bazaar in troubled southern Afghanistan Wednesday, while eight others were killed in separate violence, officials said. The car bomb exploded in Gereshk district in volatile Helmand province, which has seen much of the violence...
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...
Another bustling day in a Baghdad souk
- 2008-01-30
BAGHDAD AFP — Jasim Mohammed Saleh, standing amid a clutter of cheap kitchenware scattered across his roadside stall in Al-Shaab, Baghdad's northeastern mixed Sunni-Shiite neighbourhood, is having a good day. The sun is shining, the shoppers are out and the violence which once ripped at the heart of the...
Seven killed in Beirut riots
- 2008-01-27
BEIRUT AFP — At least seven people, including five political activists, were killed on Sunday when street protests over power cuts descended into violence in the mainly Shiite southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. The bloodshed came amid fears of civil unrest in Lebanon which has been gripped by...
At least seven killed in Beirut riots
- 2008-01-27
BEIRUT AFP — At least seven people, including five political activists, were killed on Sunday when street protests over power cuts descended into violence in the mainly Shiite southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. The bloodshed came amid fears of civil unrest in Lebanon which has been gripped by...
Ramadan violence haunts Baghdad Shiites
- 2007-10-01
BAGHDAD AFP — Claims by Washington that the military surge in Iraq is working and violence is decreasing fall on deaf ears with Mona Jaber, who fled her home in Baghdad a year ago during another bloody Ramadan. Still traumatised, Mona dares not return to the beautiful home in...
US military blames Al-Qaeda for Iraqi bombings
- 2007-09-27
BAGHDAD AFP — The US military on Thursday blamed Al-Qaeda for a string of bombings across Iraq this week whose targets included local Sunni leaders fighting the extremist movement. Since Monday at least 70 people have been killed although, according to the military, levels of violence half-way through the...
US insists Iraq violence not on uptick during Ramadan
- 2007-09-27
BAGHDAD AFP — The US military said Thursday that a wave of bombings across Iraq this week that left at least 70 people dead did not signify an upturn in violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Despite the 10 separate car bombings and suicide attacks across Iraq...
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 |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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