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A.B. Data Chooses InfoPrint to Enable Transition to AFP Color Production
- 2008-10-27
GraphExpo Booth #2276 -- InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announced that direct marketing company A.B. Data has installed the InfoPrint 4100 next-generation digital publishing platform and InfoPrint Manager IPM print management solution to produce its transactional, financial and government notification mailings. This enables the...
Oil prices ease as US taps strategic reserves
- 2008-09-03
SINGAPORE AFP — Oil prices fell in Asian trade Wednesday as the US government announced the release of oil from its strategic reserve to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Gustav. In afternoon trade New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October delivery, dropped 71 cents to 109.00...
Protests could cut Bolivian gas exports, opposition warns
- 2008-09-03
LA PAZ AFP — Bolivia's opposition governors turned up the heat on President Evo Morales Wednesday, threatening that stepped-up protests against his socialist government could cut off exports of natural gas, the country's main economic asset, to Argentina and Brazil. Authorities in Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, Tarija and Chuquisaca,...
Grim prospects for Australian river system as drought bites:official
- 2008-09-02
SYDNEY AFP — Rivers in Australia's most important farming region are in critical condition thanks to the long-running drought, with no sign of an end to the 'big dry,' officials said Tuesday. The Murray-Darling Basin Commission, which monitors the east coast region that accounts for some 40 percent of...
US monitors new storms after Gustav hits Gulf coast
- 2008-09-01
MIAMI AFP — US officials were keeping a close eye Tuesday on three tropical storms posing potential threats after deadly Hurricane Gustav battered the US Gulf Coast. A forecaster with the National Hurricane Center called the clutch of three storms marching across the Atlantic at one time "not particularly...
Loeb, Hirvonen cede Rally New Zealand lead in tactical battle
- 2008-08-30
HAMILTON, New Zealand AFP — World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Loeb of France and Finn Mikko Hirvonen fought a tactical battle in Rally New Zealand Saturday to avoid being first out of the blocks on the final day. Instead Hirvonen's Ford teammate and fellow Finn Jari-Matti Latvala became the...
Bolivia's crisis worsens as president calls new referendum
- 2008-08-28
LA PAZ AFP — Bolivian President Evo Morales on Thursday called a referendum for December 7 to rewrite his country's constitution, deepening a political struggle with rebel governors opposed to his sweeping socialist reforms. The minister for the presidency, Juan Ramon Quintana, announced the decree setting up the plebiscite,...
Japan celebrates birth of panda
- 2008-08-27
TOKYO AFP — A giant panda cub has been born at a Japanese zoo, the first to be successfully bred in Japan through artificial insemination in two decades, officials said Wednesday. The baby panda, whose sex is not yet known, was born to Dan Dan and her male partner...
Murphy helps save Fulham's League Cup blushes
- 2008-08-27
LONDON AFP — Fulham avoided a League Cup second round upset when Danny Murphy scored an injury time winner to see off League One rivals Leicester 3-2 on Wednesday. Zoltan Gera grabbed his first goal for the Cottagers (31) but Leicester, eager for some good news following their relegation...
Singh shades Garcia on second playoff hole to win Barclays golf tournament
- 2008-08-24
PARAMUS, New Jersey AFP — Vijay Singh stepped it up in the playoff outlasting snake-bitten Sergio Gario to capture The Barclays event on Sunday. Singh, a Fijian-Indian, beat both Spain's Garcia and American Kevin Sutherland in the playoff on Sunday to win first event of the PGA Tour's FedEx...
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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