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Britain's mythical King Arthur rides in France
- 2008-06-27
RENNES, France AFP — The legend of Britain's King Arthur will take hold of the city of Rennes next month for a series of events on the mythical hero once said to have roamed the wild, western French region of Brittany. A major exhibition on the Arthurian tales, which...
Zidane denies agreeing to Aussie exhibition match
- 2008-05-30
NOUMEA AFP — Three-time world footballer of the year Zinedine Zidane on Friday denied that he had ever agreed to travel to Australia for an exhibition match. Organisers had claimed that Zidane was due to lead a team featuring his French 1998 World Cup-winning teammates, including Marcel Desailly and...
Newly restored Goyas on show at Prado exhibition
- 2008-04-11
MADRID AFP — Two newly restored paintings by Francisco Goya are the highlight of a new exhibition entitled "Goya in Times of War" that opens next week at Madrid's Prado Museum. The show is one of several events planned in Spain to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the start...
All that glitters is ... solid silver at Versailles
- 2007-11-19
VERSAILLES, France AFP — "In everything he loved magnificently lavish abundance," wrote 17th-century chronicler the Count of Saint-Simon of France's notoriously bling-bling "Sun King," Louis XIV. From man-size silver candelabras to 350-kilo (770-pound) silver tables and 425-kilo (930-pound) silver mirrors, Louis XIV's chambers at the Versailles Chateau outside Paris...
New light shed on fact, fiction of turbulent French writer
- 2006-11-23
CAEN, France AFP — A decade after her death, one of France's most celebrated authors, Marguerite Duras, is making her presence felt at an isolated, medieval monastery in the northern region of Normandy. In a cavernous grange at Ardenne abbey outside Caen, the largest ever exhibition dedicated to the author...
Assistants to Japan's 'Warhol' show off sexy pop art in France
- 2006-09-27
LYON, France AFP — Three proponents of Superflat -- a pop-art style created by Takashi Murakami, who is called Japan's Andy Warhol -- are set to wow France from this weekend with a new exhibition mixing manga inspiration with provocative eroticism. Chiho Aoshima, Aya Takano and a colleague known only...
Beckett centenary to be marked in Paris
- 2006-04-12
PARIS AFP — The Irish community in Paris is preparing to mark Thursday's centenary of the birth of the playwright Samuel Beckett who lived and died here and wrote many of his best-known works in French. A commemoration and reading is to be held at Beckett's grave side in...
Gritty news photos show great convulsions of the world
- 2005-08-30
PERPIGNAN, France AFP — A major exhibition in southern France of images by press photographers is a heart-rending catalog of the world's miseries, and a reminder of the hazards of trying to capture them on film. That danger was underlined on Sunday in Baghdad, where a Reuters television soundman...
Centenary of Christian Dior's birth feted with French flair
- 2005-03-17
PARIS AFP — The 100th anniversary of the birth of Christian Dior, the legendary French designer who revolutionized haute couture with his New Look, will be feted with a series of events beginning in May in Normandy. The centerpiece of the Dior celebrations will be a major exhibition at...
Prince uses art to bring change in Laos
- 2004-04-17
WASHINGTON AFP ? Nearly 30 years after communists seized power from a conservative monarchy in Laos, Prince Nithakhong Somsanith only reluctantly accepts the death of royalty in his tiny Southeast Asian country. "I sincerely feel monarchy is alive today because Buddhism has remained and these two elements are inseparable...
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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