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Spain probes possible fourth human case of mad cow disease
- 2008-08-27
MADRID AFP — Spanish health authorities said Wednesday they were looking into the possibility that a woman who died last week at a hospital in Leon suffered from the human variant of mad cow disease. If laboratory tests confirm the 64-year-old had Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease CJD, the human variant of...
Death toll climbs to 154 in Spain air crash
- 2008-08-23
MADRID AFP — Another victim of the Madrid air disaster died of her injuries, raising the death toll to 154 Saturday, amid growing anger among families of the victims over the delay identifying their loved ones. Maria Luisa Estevez Gonzalez, 31, passed away at Madrid's La Paz hospital where...
Mediterraneans abandoning region's healthy diet: FAO
- 2008-07-29
ROME AFP — People in Mediterranean countries are abandoning the region's widely praised healthy diet in favour of food that has too much fat, salt and sugar, the Food and Agricultural Organization warned Tuesday. "Hailed by experts as keeping people slim, healthy and long-living, the Mediterranean diet has followers...
Nine injured in traditional Spanish bull run
- 2008-07-07
PAMPLONA, Spain AFP — Nine people were injured Monday, including four foreigners, in the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona in northeastern Spain, organisers said. The injuries were mostly bruises, cuts and possible broken bones from falls during the run,...
One dead as San Fermin bullfighting festival kicks off in Spain
- 2008-07-06
PAMPLONA, Spain AFP — A young man died after falling from a wall Sunday during the first day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain's most famous bull-running festival, police and local officials said. Police said they were investigating what caused the man, who was not carrying any...
Spanish socialists want abortion law relaxed
- 2008-07-05
MADRID AFP — Spain's governing socialists, meeting at a congress in Madrid, said Saturday they wanted the law on abortion to be relaxed in the predominantly Catholic country. Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said the socialists wanted to draw on the "most innovative European laws...
Spain, minus Villa, in relaxed mood ahead of Euro final
- 2008-06-27
VIENNA AFP — In front of hordes of watching cameras Euro 2008 finalists Spain underwent a light training session here on Friday morning just hours after knocking out Russia on Thursday. Luis Aragones' title contenders were in relaxed mood at the Franz Horr stadium ahead of Sunday's date with...
Spain's avant-garde chef Ferran Adria hits back at critics
- 2008-06-16
MADRID AFP — Ferran Adria, the Michelin-starred guru of Spanish avant-garde cuisine, has hit back at critics who say his "molecular gastronomy" is unhealthy, in the latest salvo in a feud between Spain's top chefs. Adria told the newspaper El Mundo that the chemicals he uses have been part...
Separated twins in Spain find each 28 years later: lawyer
- 2008-05-27
MADRID AFP — Twin girls who were separated at birth due to a medical error met by chance 28 years later, and one of them is now suing the Spanish hospital involved, a lawyer said Tuesday. The two were born in a hospital in Gran Canaria, in Spain's Canary...
Three explosions, two blamed on ETA, hit Spanish Basque country
- 2008-04-30
MADRID AFP — Three explosions, two blamed on ETA separatists, shook the Basque country in northern Spain early Thursday, damaging buildings but causing no casualties, the Basque autonomous police told AFP. The first "powerful" blast came around midnight (2200 GMT Wednesday) in the Vizcaya town of Arrigoriaga "in a...
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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