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African migrants die on route to Spain's Canary Islands
- 2008-09-03
MADRID AFP — Fourteen African migrants died, mostly of hypothermia, trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands by boat after they became lost at sea several times, local officials said Wednesday. The wooden fishing boat carrying 46 passengers and the bodies of 13 others was spotted by a police patrol...
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...
Spain's economy 'worse' than predicted: minister
- 2008-08-03
MADRID AFP — Spain's economy is in a worse state than the government had predicted but is still unlikely to slip into a recession, Economy Minister Pedro Solbes said in an interview published Sunday. "For the past two months there have been radically different data, such as the rise...
ETA weakened but still active 40 years after first planned killing
- 2008-08-01
MADRID AFP — On August 2, 1968, ETA staged its first planned killing when it shot a police officer. Forty years, and more than 800 deaths, later the Basque separatist organisation appears weakened, but still remains dangerous. In that summer of 1968, three ETA members ambushed Meliton Manzanas outside...
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...
Spain to reduce speed limit to conserve fuel
- 2008-07-29
MADRID AFP — Spain will lower its speed limit outside major cities as part of a string of measures unveiled by the government Tuesday aimed at slashing its oil imports by 10 percent per year. "Every time we lift our feet off the accelerator, we are improving GDP and...
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...
Top-selling Spanish cookbook author Simone Ortega dead at 89
- 2008-07-02
MADRID AFP — Top-selling Spanish cookbook author and chef Simone Ortega, who won top culinary awards in both France and Spain, has died, her publisher said Wednesday. She was 89. Publishing company Alianza Editorial said Ortega died overnight at a nursing home in Madrid. It did not know the...
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...
Spanish truckers group calls for lorries to converge on Madrid
- 2008-06-15
MADRID AFP — A Spanish truck drivers' association on Sunday called for its members to converge on Madrid overnight in protest at the government's apparent lack of action over high fuel prices. The "Platform for the Defence of the Transport Sector", which says it represents 40,000 to 50,000 truckers...
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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