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Sarkozy suffers 'punishment vote' in French local polls: Socialists
- 2008-03-16
PARIS AFP — Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing party suffered losses in French local elections Sunday, poll projections showed, in what the opposition Socialists called a "punishment vote" for the reforming president. The vote, the first major test of Sarkozy's popularity since he defeated the Socialist Segelone Royal last May, was...
Up to Saudis to review punishment, US says
- 2007-11-20
WASHINGTON AFP — The US State Department Tuesday voiced its "astonishment" at the sentencing of a Saudi victim of rape to 200 lashes and six months in jail but stopped short of calling for it to be changed. "I think when you look at the crime and the fact...
Pardons hard to come by as executions mount in Saudi
- 2007-06-08
RIYADH AFP — Not even the king can save a convict on death row for premeditated murder from the executioner's sword in Saudi Arabia. The death penalty is here to stay in the ultra-conservative kingdom, where there has been a dramatic spike in the number of executions this year...
Putin's 'skewed vision' threatens freedom: US lawmaker
- 2007-05-17
WASHINGTON AFP — Russian President Vladimir Putin's "skewed vision of crime and punishment" threatens to stifle post-Soviet freedoms, a senior US lawmaker and foreign policy expert warned Thursday. Tom Lantos, chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Foreign Affairs, warned that Russian politics was approaching an "ominous autumn"...
Execution of Saddam's henchmen stirs more criticism
- 2007-01-16
BAGHDAD AFP — Hundreds of Sunni Arabs were paying their respects to former henchmen of Saddam Hussein convicted of crimes against humanity and buried near the former Iraqi dictator's own grave after a gruesome hanging. The controversy stirred up by Saddam's botched execution was fueled further when the hanging of...
China issues new regulation to stem fraud among scientists
- 2006-11-10
BEIJING AFP — China is getting tougher on fraud and plagiarism among scientists after a series of high-profile scandals this year, a science ministry official was reported saying. Academics will be punished if they falsify resumes, plagiarize or fabricate scientific data, or violate rules governing research on humans and animals,...
US terror pact sows new legal battle
- 2006-09-24
WASHINGTON AFP — A legal battle over how to interrogate and try top Al-Qaeda terror suspects is set to rage on for years, despite a high-stakes election-season pact between the White House and rebel Republicans. Analysts said a draft law sent to the Senate late Friday laying down new rules...
Legal battle can be avoided if sentence reduced, say Juve
- 2006-08-28
ROME AFP — Juventus president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli says a legal battle in the civil courts over their punishment for match-fixing can be avoided if the Italian football authorities reduce their punishment. The Turin club were thrown into Serie B from Italy's top division and given a 17-point penalty for...
Palestinian PM slams 'collective punishment'
- 2006-07-06
GAZA CITY AFP — Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya has slammed an Israeli offensive as "collective punishment" against the Palestinians and demanded the international community intervene to end it. "What Israel is doing is exposing its plan to reoccupy large sectors of the Gaza Strip, strike its infrastructure, impose...
Beslan hostage-taker found guilty of terrorism, murder
- 2006-05-16
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia AFP — Nurpashi Kulayev, the sole surviving hostage-taker involved in the 2004 Beslan school massacre, was pronounced guilty of terrorism, hostage-taking and murder. "The court has established that Kulayev took part in an armed attack and a hostage-taking..., that he committed murder against defenceless people," said Tamerlan...
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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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