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Europe launches robot space freighter
- 2008-03-07
KOUROU, French Guiana AFP — The European Space Agency on Sunday carried out the maiden launch of a massive robot freighter designed to rendezvous automatically with the orbital space station. The Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV, a nearly 20-tonne payload the size of a London double-decker bus, blasted into the...
Saturnian moon has more energy than Earth's oil and gas reserves
- 2008-02-13
PARIS AFP — Imagine a place awash with more hydrocarbons than a Texan oilman can dream of and where no one has staked a single claim -- all that energy is just going begging. The problem: this massive reserve is at least 1.2 billion kilometers (750 million miles) away...
Russian space company calls on Asia, Europe for cooperation
- 2007-09-18
MOSCOW AFP — A Russian aerospace organisation has contacted Asian countries and the European Space Agency to seek their participation in its moon exploration program, officials said Tuesday. "Negotiations are underway with countries like India, China, Japan and with the European Space Agency," an official of Lavochkin Research and...
Rock it, man: Europe launches songs-in-space competition
- 2007-04-25
PARIS AFP — If you were an astronaut, zipping around Earth at an altitude of 400 kilometers (250 miles), what music would you like to hear? How about Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," for an unfailing morale boost? Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon...
New hiccup for Europe's Mars space probe
- 2005-05-09
PARIS AFP — A long-delayed attempt to deploy a water-searching radar aboard Europe's Mars Express spacecraft has run into fresh problems, the European Space Agency ESA said. The instrument, MARSIS, should have been deployed in April 2004 but the operation was postponed to let engineers calculate the risk of...
European probe gets green light for red planet
- 2005-02-08
PARIS AFP — The European probe Mars Express will deploy a key ground-penetrating radar in May in a long-delayed bid to scan Mars for signs of undersurface water, the European Space Agency ESA announced. The powerful instrument, MARSIS, should have been deployed in April 2004 but the operation was...
Cassini spacecraft set to kiss Titan, Saturn's moon
- 2004-10-26
PARIS AFP — The US-European spacecraft Cassini-Huygens was to make a historic flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, passing by so low as to almost touch the fringes of its atmosphere, the European Space Agency ESA said. At the closest point in the encounter, at 1644 GMT, the craft...
Bon appetit... Mediterranean diet now in orbit
- 2004-04-26
PARIS AFP ? Two cosmonauts on the International Space StationISS are testing a high-tech version of the Mediterranean diet, the nutritional lifestyle praised for longevity in countries around the Mediterranean rim. On the menu are dried tomatoes, mature cheese, an Italian white bread known as piadina, peaches and chocolate,...
Scientists take another shot at contacting Beagle 2 on Mars
- 2004-01-07
LONDON AFP ? Space scientists were hopeful that they would finally hear an electronic bark from the Beagle 2 probe, missing since it was supposed to have landed on Mars on Christmas Day. Repeated attempts to make contact with the pint-sized probe using NASA's Mars Odyssey craft orbiting the...
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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 |
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| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| 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 |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| 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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