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Pierre LouetteNumber of Employees 2,000
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Benitez wants to see referees' chief after Mascherano red
- 2008-03-25
LIVERPOOL AFP — Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez wants to meet with Premier League referees boss Keith Hackett following the controversial sending-off of Javier Mascherano at Old Trafford. Mascherano was ordered off the field by Steve Bennett for showing dissent and Benitez, while accepting his player was wrong to argue...
High-flying Bayern Munich resigned to UEFA Cup punishment
- 2007-09-20
PARIS AFP — Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness admits he would prefer to be lining out in Europe's elite competition this week than enduring the punishment of heading into the group stages of the UEFA Cup. Four-time European champions Bayern, who won the UEFA Cup in 1995/96, will...
Death sentence over China slave scandal
- 2007-07-17
BEIJING AFP — One man in China was sentenced to death and 28 people were handed jail terms in the first convictions over a huge slavery scandal that shocked the nation, a judge said Tuesday. Zhao Yanbing, a brickyard employee who confessed last month in footage broadcast on national...
Death row inmate holds joke contest for his 'last words'
- 2007-06-15
WASHINGTON AFP — A convicted double murderer in Texas is holding a joke contest on the Internet so he can use the winning entry as his last words when he is sentenced to die by lethal injection on June 26. "I'll be enjoying my last days on this earth...
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...
City hand Thatcher six-match ban
- 2006-08-30
MANCHESTER, England AFP — Manchester City handed Ben Thatcher a six-match suspension and fined him six-week's wages for the horrific challenge that left Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes in hospital. A statement on City's website said two matches of the punishment would be suspended and, as Thatcher had already been left out...
Yahoo says it is 'unaware' of case of jailed China cyber-dissident
- 2006-04-28
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Internet giant Yahoo claimed ignorance of the case of cyber-activist Wang Xiaoning, who a human rights group alleges was imprisoned by the Chinese government with Yahoo's help. "We are unaware of this case," said Yahoo spokesperson Mary Osako in a statement. "We condemn punishment...
Roma's night of shame, revenge for Bayer and Capello
- 2004-09-15
PARIS AFP — AS Roma could face heavy punishment from UEFA after their Champions League clash with Dynamo Kiev had to be abandoned when referee Anders Frisk was hit by a missile at half-time. The Swedish referee, who had to have several stitches inserted in the wound in his...
Arch-rivals Wenger and Ferguson in agreement shock
- 2003-12-20
LONDON AFP ? Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger found himself on the same wavelength as Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson for once over what he believed was Sepp Blatter's interference in the Rio Ferdinand affair. United's England defender Ferdinand was banned for eight months and fined 50,000 pounds (88,400 dollars)...
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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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