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Comoros regime tightens screw on 'un-Islamic' trends
- 2008-07-06
MORONI AFP — The Comoros has in recent weeks launched a crackdown on "loose morals", prompting concern among women and intellectuals that the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago was poised to become a Sharia state. In the name of the preservation of "the Comoran identity", Minister for Islamic Affairs Mmadi...
Iran troops kill nine Kurd rebels: reports
- 2008-05-24
TEHRAN AFP — Iran's Revolutionary Guards have killed nine Kurdish rebels, five of them women, in clashes in West Azarbaijan province near the border with Turkey, reports said on Saturday. "Revolutionary Guards clashed with a 10-member team and nine were killed," Jomhuri Eslami newspaper said, describing the rebels as...
Sister of barred Iranian feminist accepts Swedish rights prize
- 2008-03-06
STOCKHOLM AFP — Iranian feminist Parvin Ardalan's sister accepted a major Swedish rights award, the Olof Palme Prize, on her behalf Thursday after she was prevented by Tehran from attending the ceremony. Mikael Naeve, a secretary at the Olof Palme Memorial Fund, told AFP that Shirin Ardalan had accepted...
US forces kill 25 in Iraq air raid
- 2007-10-05
BAGHDAD AFP — US operations near the Iraqi city of Baquba on Friday killed at least 25 people the American military said were "criminals", but Iraqi officials said women and children were among the dead. A US military statement said a strike targeted an Iranian-linked commander believed to be...
Double US air strike kills 25 in Iraq
- 2007-10-05
BAGHDAD AFP — A double US air strike on an Iraqi village killed around 25 suspected Iranian-linked insurgents on Friday, the military said, with Iraqi officials claiming women and children were among the dead. The strikes on Jayzani Al-Imam, 30 miles (50 kilometres) north of the capital, came after...
Iran closes barbers offering 'un-Islamic' cuts
- 2007-08-24
TEHRAN AFP — Iran has shut down barber shops offering unconventional Western hair styles amid a police crackdown on dress deemed un-Islamic, reports said. "Over the past 15 days, 13 barbers' shops that had not respected the union's directives have been closed down," police commander Mohammad Ali Najafi said....
Iran to launch new dress code crackdown
- 2007-07-22
TEHRAN AFP — Iran is to launch a new crackdown Monday on slack dressing that targets both men and women whose clothing and haircuts are deemed to be unIslamic, police said. "The police will act against those whose trousers are too short, have skin-tight coats, shirts with Western logos...
Iran to hang 20 rapists and thugs soon
- 2007-07-10
TEHRAN AFP — Iran's judiciary on Tuesday announced that 20 people convicted of repeated rape and violent assaults will be sent to the gallows in Tehran in the coming days. "In the next days 20 thugs who all have been convicted of repeated rape, sodomy and violent assault and...
Iran's ex-president denies touching women abroad
- 2007-06-21
TEHRAN AFP — Iran's former reformist president Mohammad Khatami on Thursday vehemently denied breaking Islamic rules by shaking hands with women on a trip to Italy, amid growing condemnation from conservatives. Khatami's old hardline foes have expressed outrage over video footage circulating on the Internet which apparently shows the...
Iran ex-president criticised for 'shaking woman's hand'
- 2007-06-11
TEHRAN AFP — A hardline Iranian daily on Monday launched an attack on former reformist president Mohammad Khatami who it said had publicly shaken hands with women while on a visit to Italy last month. "Recently a video has been circulating on the Internet showing a former top official...
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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