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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...
Senna - a Brazilian out for Spanish Euro gold
- 2008-06-08
NEUSTIFT, Austria AFP — The most successful footballing nation in history has no place at the European Championships - but one Brazilian is still hoping to triumph on the Old Continent at Euro 2008. Marcos Senna, midfielder with Spanish top flight side Villarreal, was born in Rio de Janeiro...
European fishermen take protest to Brussels
- 2008-06-03
BRUSSELS AFP — Angry fishermen take their protest over soaring fuel costs to Brussels on Wednesday where several thousand are set to picket the European Parliament, fisheries representatives in four countries said. Several thousand fishermen from Portugal, Italy, Spain and France were on their way to the Belgian capital...
Riot police clear striking French fishermen
- 2008-05-29
PARIS AFP — French riot police cleared striking fishermen from several oil depots on Thursday as fleets in Italy, Spain and Portugal prepared to join Europe-wide protests over fuel prices. Groups of strikers were removed at dawn from the Mediterranean oil depots of Fos-sur-Mer and Lavera, as well as...
French fishermen protest as anger mounts in Spain, Portugal, Belgium
- 2008-05-23
CALAIS, France AFP — French fishermen disrupted shipping in the Dover Strait and blocked access to an oil refinery on Friday as anger over high fuel costs reached fishing industries in Belgium, Spain and Portugal. About 40 trawlers formed a cordon at sea in a protest dubbed "Operation Snail"...
Gasquet grinds out win over Mirnyi at Estoril Open
- 2007-05-01
ESTORIL, Portugal AFP — Richard Gasquet continued his early-season progress on clay as he defeated Max Mirnyi 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to move into the second round of the Estoril Open. The French youngster beat the big Belarussian for the second time after winning the Nottingham title on grass...
Earthquake rattles Spain, Portugal
- 2007-02-12
LISBON AFP — An earthquake struck parts of Portugal and Spain causing no injuries or damage but prompting hundreds of people to evacuate buildings in both countries, officials and reports said. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale, was centred in the Atlantic some...
Spanish authorities maintain silence to deter more arson attacks
- 2006-08-13
MADRID AFP — Authorities in Spain's fire-swept northwestern Galicia region declined for the first time to say how many blazes were still raging, in a bid to deter more arson attacks. "Yesterday Saturday morning we said that the situation was getting better and immediately afterwards a lot more fires...
Kluft and Obikwelu live up to top billing
- 2006-08-08
GOTHENBURG, Sweden AFP — Francis Obikwelu of Portugal and home favourite Carolina Kluft lived up to their top billing at the European championships, destroying their rivals to win the men's 100m and heptathlon respectively. Both posted championship records - 9.99sec for Obikwelu and 6,740 points for Kluft - as...
France's Despres wins Dakar Rally first stage
- 2005-12-31
PORTIMAO, Portugal AFP — Former world rally champion Carlos Sainz of Spain used all his experience of road-racing to win the first stage of the Dakar Rally from Lisbon to here. Sainz covered the 370kms stage, including 83kms of timed sections, in a fast 56min 20sec ahead of Portugal's...
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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