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US transferred foreign detainees for interrogation: NY Times
- 2008-08-28
WASHINGTON AFP — The US military secretly has sent more than 200 foreign detainees captured in Iraq and Afghanistan to be interrogated in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries over the past few years, The New York Times reported Thursday. The daily wrote that the program bears many similarities...
T-Mobile to launch first Google-powered mobile
- 2008-08-18
BERLIN AFP — T-Mobile said Monday it plans to launch a mobile phone powered by Google's Android software, making it the first operator to do so and posing a direct threat to Apple's popular iPhone. A spokesman for Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's German parent, declined to comment on the launch...
Pakistan denies intelligence aided in Kabul blast
- 2008-07-31
ISLAMABAD AFP — Pakistan on Friday angrily rejected a report that the United States has accused Islamabad's main spy agency of helping to plan a fatal bombing at India's embassy in Kabul last month. The New York Times report comes amid growing signs of a rift between Washington and...
Veteran NYTimes reporter calls for US shield law
- 2008-07-24
HONG KONG AFP — Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller on Thursday called on the US Congress to enact a federal shield law that would protect journalists from being forced to disclose their sources. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who was jailed for 85 days in 2005 after refusing...
'Qaeda expert' climbs NYTimes tower
- 2008-07-09
NEW YORK AFP — A man apparently seeking to publicize his research about Al-Qaeda attempted to scale the New York Times building in New York City early Wednesday, one month after two other men climbed the 52-story tower, the Times reported. The man, identified as David Malone, did not...
US interrogation methods borrowed from Chinese: NY Times
- 2008-07-02
NEW YORK AFP — US interrogators questioning detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base employed harsh techniques borrowed directly from the Communist Chinese during the Korean War, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The daily reported that military trainers at Guantanamo in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on...
Crane inspector arrested after two New York accidents
- 2008-06-06
NEW YORK AFP — New York City's chief inspector for cranes on construction sites was arrested Friday and charged with corruption after two crane collapses in March and May killed nine people, the city's mayor said. "The arrest of this inspector is a good reminder to any city employee...
French 'Spider Man' climbs up New York Times building
- 2008-06-05
NEW YORK AFP — Alain Robert, best known as the "French Spider Man" for illegally climbing buildings and monuments around the world, on Thursday crawled up 52 stories of the New York Times skyscraper before police arrested him. Robert, 45, said the goal of his stunt was to protest...
Olympic gold medallist Pettigrew admits doping
- 2008-05-22
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Olympic 400-meter relay gold medallist and world record-setter Antonio Pettigrew admitted doping Thursday as he testified in the trial of athletics coach Trevor Graham, the New York Times reported. Pettigrew, 40, was part of the US 4x400m relay team that won gold in Sydney in...
Fugitive financier Robert Vesco reported dead in Cuba
- 2008-05-03
WASHINGTON AFP — Robert Vesco, the fugitive financier who left a trail of alleged bribery, embezzlement and drug trafficking that reached to the White House, died in Cuba late last year, The New York Times reported Saturday. Vesco, who fled to Costa Rica in 1971 to avoid a US...
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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