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McCain rejects Carter claim he is 'milking' Vietnam service
- 2008-08-31
ST PAUL, Minnesota AFP — Republican White House candidate John McCain on Sunday rejected a comment by former president Jimmy Carter that he was "milking" his Vietnam war heroism for political gain. Carter said in a USA Today interview on the sidelines of the Democratic convention in Denver last...
Children young as seven give funds to US presidential hopefuls: report
- 2007-09-12
WASHINGTON AFP — Children as young as seven have given generously to candidates hoping to contest next year's US presidential election, a press report said Wednesday. According to the USA Today newspaper, two children, Matthew and Karis Mardirossian, aged seven and eight, donated 4,600 dollars to Democratic presidential hopeful...
J.K. Rowling turns the page on Harry Potter
- 2007-07-26
WASHINGTON AFP — British author J.K. Rowling, who a week ago published the final Harry Potter book, said in an interview out Thursday that she is already back at work. The British author says she's sad the Harry Potter series has ended, but will not stop writing. "I'm...
Will the real Springfield please stand up?
- 2007-07-11
NEW YORK AFP — A small town in the northeastern US state of Vermont is to host the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" later this month after beating 13 other Springfields -- the fictional setting of the long-running cartoon series -- from across the United States. The New England...
Giambi meets with baseball bosses after doping comment
- 2007-05-23
NEW YORK AFP — Jason Giambi met with Major League Baseball executives here Wednesday while New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman insisted the club was not looking to dump or trade the struggling slugger. The chaos around Giambi swirled after the New York Daily News reported Wednesday that...
MLB should apologize for steroids in baseball - Giambi
- 2007-05-18
CHICAGO, United States AFP — New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi said Major League Baseball should have apologized long ago for the sport's widespread drug problem, USA Today reported Wednesday. USA Today quoted Giambi as saying that an apology for the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball is...
Scandal-stained sprinter Johnson coaches hopefuls
- 2007-02-15
WASHINGTON AFP — Ben Johnson, the Canadian sprinter banned for life from competing in athletics, has found his way back into the sport as a coach and motivates teen hopefuls without talking about doping. "I'm just there to help other kids," Johnson told USA Today. "I can offer them...
Nearly two-thirds in US want troops back from Iraq by end-2008
- 2007-02-13
WASHINGTON AFP — Nearly two-thirds of Americans -- 63 percent -- want US troops home from Iraq by the end of 2008, according to a new poll. One month after US President George W. Bush announced a plan to expand the number of US soldiers in Iraq by 21,500,...
Report: Scientists home in on tests for gene doping
- 2006-12-05
WASHINGTON AFP — Scientists are developing a test for gene doping that would catch athletes who tinker with their own DNA in order to gain a competitive edge, one expert told a US newspaper. In a story published Tuesday in USA Today newspaper, Theodore Friedmann, the director of the Center...
Armstrong trades wheels for feet in New York Marathon
- 2006-11-02
NEW YORK AFP — Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong trades pedal power for being a pedestrian Sunday in the New York Marathon but holds no illusions about winning his debut at the distance. The 35-year-old American has not run beyond 16 miles at a time in practice but...
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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