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Beirut adjourns German bomb plot trial until May 10
- 2007-04-18
BEIRUT AFP — A Beirut court on Wednesday adjourned until next month a hearing for six Lebanese accused of plotting to bomb trains in Germany last July after the defence requested more time. About 20 minutes after the hearing opened under tight security at the Beirut criminal court, Judge...
Lebanon tries suspects in German bomb plot
- 2007-04-11
BEIRUT AFP — The trial of six Lebanese accused of plotting to bomb trains in Germany last July opened in Beirut on Wednesday, but was swiftly adjourned after warrants were issued for two being tried in absentia. Minutes after the trial opened under tight security, judge Michel Abu Arraj...
German fleet sails for Lebanon
- 2006-09-21
WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany AFP — A German fleet left for the Mediterranean to head the naval component of the UN force in Lebanon which will have the job of preventing arms being smuggled to Hezbollah. One thousand sailors left from the northern port of Wilhelmshaven on board eight ships. They are...
Zapatero sees happy end to Endesa saga
- 2006-09-12
MEERSBURG, Germany AFP — Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has dashed hopes he might announce an end to a tug of war over a German group's bid for Spanish electricity supplier Endesa at a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel. But Zapatero said he believed there would still be...
Israeli FM flies to Germany for Mideast talks
- 2006-08-27
JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is to fly to Germany for talks on Monday with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, a foreign ministry source said. She is also due to meet her German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, during the brief visit that was first announced by Berlin on...
Two more suspects arrested over plot to bomb German trains
- 2006-08-25
BERLIN AFP — Two more people were detained, one in Germany and one in Lebanon, in connection with the failed bid to blow up two passenger trains in western Germany in July, authorities said. One detainee was arrested in a dawn swoop on student residences in the southern lakeside city...
Second German bombing plot suspect arrested in Lebanon
- 2006-08-24
KARLSRUHE, Germany AFP — The second of two Lebanese suspects in a failed plot to bomb German passenger trains turned himself in to police in Lebanon but other accomplices may still be at large, authorities said. Jihad Hamad, a clean-cut looking 20-year-old whose picture was splashed across German media, reported...
Lebanon criticizes US on TWA hijacker demand
- 2005-12-21
BEIRUT AFP — Lebanon expressed bewilderment at a US demand for the extradition of a Hezbollah militant freed by Germany after 19 years in jail over the 1985 hijacking of a TWA plane and killing of a US Navy diver. Mohammed Ali Hamadi, who returned home a few days...
US vows to track down hijacker
- 2005-12-21
WASHINGTON AFP — The United States vowed to track down and bring to justice an Islamic militant freed by Germany after 19 years in prison for the deadly 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner. Washington has expressed profound disappointment over last week's release of Mohammed Ali Hamadi from a...
Lebanese US marine who went missing in Iraq takes plane back to States
- 2004-07-15
RAMSTEIN, Germany AFP ? A US marine of Lebanese descent who went missing Iraq before mysteriously turning up in Lebanon took a plane home out of the US air base in Ramstein, Germany. Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun, 24, had left the US medical centre in neighbouring Landstuhl, the biggest...
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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