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'Frozen lake' found on Mars, may have preserved primitive life: scientists
- 2005-03-16
PARIS AFP — Claims that life or the potential for it exists on Mars were boosted when scientists declared they saw the remains of a frozen sea on the planet's surface and speculated the ice may hold preserved organisms. Planetary geologists led by John Murray of Britain's Open University...
Liquid methane found on Titan, a 'flammable world'
- 2005-01-21
PARIS AFP — The European robot lab Huygens found liquid methane on the Saturn satellite Titan, a chemical that seems to have shaped the moon's peculiar landscape and weather system, scientists said in their first detailed assessment of the probe's mission. "We've got a flammable world. It's quite extraordinary,"...
After seven years, probe descends towards Saturn moon
- 2005-01-14
DARMSTADT, Germany AFP — The European probe Huygens descended towards the Saturn moon Titan, culminating a seven-year quest covering 2.1 billion kilometers (1.3 billion miles) to explore one of the greatest enigmas of the Solar System. The unmanned craft plunged into Titan's roiling atmosphere at the start of a...
Ariane rocket puts military satellite into orbit
- 2004-12-18
KOUROU, French Guiana AFP — An Ariane rocket successfully placed into orbit the first in a new generation of French military satellites known as Helios II A. Four so-called Essaim Swarm microsatellites, a microsatellite called Parasol and Nanosat, a tiny Spanish civilian research satellite were also successfully separated from...
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...
British scientists refuse to abandon hope for Beagle
- 2004-01-04
LONDON AFP ? British scientists behind the missing Beagle 2 Mars mission congratulated NASA after the US space agency's Spirit rover landed successfully on the red planet, but insisted they had not given up hope of contacting their own probe. "It goes without saying that we congratulate them and...
Still no signal from Mars probe
- 2003-12-28
LONDON AFP ? The latest in a series of attempts to pick up a signal from the Beagle 2 Mars lander has ended in failure, leaving scientists none the wiser as to the fate of the European robotic probe which supposedly landed on the Red Planet on Christmas day. ...
Third night of silence from Mars, Beagle 2 awaits mothership
- 2003-12-27
LONDON AFP ? Mars Express, the Beagle 2's mothership, was looking more and more like the final hope for scientists on Earth seeking to confirm the British-built space probe's safe arrival on the Red Planet. After three nights of fruitless sweeping for a radio signal, scientists in Britain remained...
No call home from Mars probe
- 2003-12-26
LONDON AFP ? The fate of the British-built Beagle 2 space probe remained unknown almost two days after it was due to land on Mars and after three failed attempts by scientists to locate it. NASA's orbiter Mars Odyssey flew over the assumed landing zone on the Red Planet...
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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