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Italians lose Bortolussi for rest of Six Nations
- 2008-02-14
MONTPELLIER, France AFP — Italian fullback David Bortolussi will miss the remainder of the Six Nations tournament after fracturing a shoulder in training, his French club Montpellier said on Thursday. Montpellier said Bortolussi, who landed four penalties and a conversion in Italy's narrow loss to England at the weekend,...
England captain Vickery out of Italy Six Nations rugby clash
- 2008-02-10
ROME AFP — England captain Phil Vickery has pulled out of his team's Six Nations game against Italy here on Sunday after failing to recover from a stomach bug he contracted overnight. The prop's place will be taken by Bath's Matt Stevens while lock Steve Borthwick will assume the...
Villa's Mellberg on his way to Juventus
- 2008-01-28
BIRMINGHAM, England AFP — Olof Mellberg will move from Aston Villa to Juventus at the end of the season, the Sweden defender announced Monday. The 30-year-old Mellberg said he was looking forward to the challenge of playing in Italy after seven years with English Premiership side Villa when his...
British press shift focus to Capello after Mourinho snub
- 2007-12-10
LONDON AFP — British newspapers turned their focus to Italy's Fabio Capello on Tuesday after Jose Mourinho decided he would not seek the position of England manager. That did not stop some of them from criticising Mourinho, however, for what they saw as an attempt by the former Chelsea...
Hodgson joins Inter as consultant, say press
- 2007-12-01
ROME AFP — England manager hopeful Roy Hodgson has quit his post as Finland coach to become a consultant to Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti, press reports in Italy said Saturday. Hodgson, who coached Inter from 1995-97 and then again briefly from 1998-99, came close to leading Finland to...
Bortolami extends Gloucester stay
- 2007-11-19
GLOUCESTER, England AFP — Italy captain Marco Bortolami signed with Gloucester for a further two years on Monday. The 27-year-old lock, capped 64 times by his country, joined the English Premiership side last season from French club Narbonne. "Gloucester is my new home, my new life and my...
UEFA president Platini unveils changes to Champions League
- 2007-08-30
MONACO AFP — UEFA president Michel Platini on Thursday unveiled what are seen as controversial plans to open up the Champions League, European football's showcase club tournament, to wider competition from 2009. Under Platini's proposals, England, Italy and Spain would all have three teams that qualify automatically for the...
Ethiopia seeks to bring its long lost prince home from Britain
- 2007-07-26
ADDIS ABABA AFP — Ethiopia has never forgotten its boy prince, captured by the British Army and taken to England where he died more than a century ago, a lonely, royal orphan and curiosity who still lies entombed in Windsor Castle. As the country approaches millennium celebrations, officials in...
Floods, heatwaves send signal about global warming's impact: UN
- 2007-06-27
GENEVA AFP — Recent floods in Asia and Britain, and heatwaves in southern Europe, show the world must be better prepared to cope with the impact of climate change, the United Nation's top disaster prevention official said Wednesday. "Heavy rainfalls in Pakistan, India and northern England and heatwaves in...
'Lost' Italian masterpieces sell for 1.7 million pounds
- 2007-04-19
LONDON AFP — Two Italian Renaissance masterpieces which had been missing since the 19th century fetched 1.7 million pounds (2.5 million euros, 3.4 million dollars) at an auction in southwest England on Thursday. The two works of art, painted by an Italian monk known as Fra Angelico in 1439,...
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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