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Iberdrola drops any plan to bid for British Energy
- 2008-06-12
MADRID AFP — Spanish electricity generator Iberdrola said on Thursday that it was abandoning any thought of bidding for British energy and nuclear group British Energy. A spokesman for Iberdrola said that the chairman of the company, the second-biggest electricity group in Spain, Ignacio Galan, had made a statement...
Websites promoting anorexia shut down in Spain: Microsoft
- 2007-11-20
MADRID AFP — Four websites accused of promoting anorexia and bulimia as acceptable weight-loss methods have been shut down in Spain, a spokesman for Microsoft's Spanish division said Tuesday. The blogs, housed by the Microsoft division, were shut down at the request of Catalan Internet quality control agency Iqua,...
Italy sees cut in Eurofighter order
- 2007-08-13
MILAN AFP — Italy will "probably" cut its order of 121 Eurofighter jets because the planes have become more expensive, the defence ministry said Monday. Rome has already bought 75 Eurofighters in two rounds of purchases. It was expected to take delivery of another 46 after 2012 in a...
Hundreds evacuated due to blaze on Spain's Canary Islands
- 2007-07-30
SAN BARTOLOME DE TIRAJANA, Spain AFP — Hundreds of people were evacuated in Spain's Canary Islands Monday due to a wind-fueled blaze which has raged in soaring heat since Friday, officials said. A total of 1,050 people were ordered from their homes in the hamlets of Mogan, San Bartolome...
Rice to visit Spain in June, after three years of frosty relations
- 2007-05-09
MADRID AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Spain on June 1 in what will be the first visit by a US cabinet member since a socialist was elected prime minister there in 2004, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Rice is expected to meet with King...
Pakistanis arrests in Senegal as Asians join migrant route to Spain
- 2006-09-15
DAKAR AFP — Senegal has arrested more than 100 Pakistanis trying to sail to the Spanish Canary Islands, the authorities said. They are the first non-Africans to be seized during Spain's struggle to cope with with a vast tide of clandestine migrants. Meanwhile in Spain, 200 other migrants from Asia,...
Spain's Cepsa chasing black gold in Pyrenees
- 2006-08-25
MADRIDAFP — Spain's number two oil firm Cepsa, in which French giant Total has a 44.5 percent stake, is set to prospect in the Pyrenees in the northwestern Catalonia region. "We are into the study and prospecting phase," a spokesman told AFP as the group sought to determine the project's...
Spain finds first case of deadly bird flu virus
- 2006-07-07
MADRID AFP — The first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus recorded in Spain has been found in a wild bird in the northern Basque country, the agriculture ministry has said. "The reference laboratory confirms the appearance of a case of avian flu of the highly pathogenic...
'Missing' African opposition leader resurfaces in Croatia
- 2005-04-27
ZAGREB AFP — Equatorial Guinea's exiled opposition leader Severo Moto said he was hiding in Croatia from Spain's secret service, which he said wanted to kill him. Moto was quoted Wednesday in the Globus weekly as saying Spanish authorities had indirectly asked him to leave Spain for the sake...
"Missing" African opposition leader resurfaces in Croatia
- 2005-04-27
ZAGREB AFP — Equatorial Guinea's exiled opposition leader Severo Moto said in an interview that he was hiding in Croatia from Spain's secret service, which wanted to kill him. Moto was quoted in the Globus weekly as saying Spanish authorities had indirectly asked him to leave Spain for the...
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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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