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Israeli troops shoot Palestinian in face during raid: medics
- 2008-09-01
RAMALLAH, West Bank AFP — Israeli troops shot a Palestinian man in the face with three rubber bullets during an overnight raid in the West Bank Monday, leaving him critically wounded, Palestinian medics said. Security forces had come to the village of Nilin -- the site of weekly demonstrations...
Israel opens Al Aqsa mosque to some Palestinians for Ramadan
- 2008-08-31
JERUSALEM AFP — Israel said Sunday it will allow some, but not all Palestinians to go to the Al Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem during the holy month of Ramadan that begins Monday. In a statement, the Israeli military said Palestinian men aged 45 to 50 and married could...
Iconic Palestinian headscarf outgrows Mideast conflict
- 2008-08-28
HEBRON, West Bank AFP — Anti-war activists and fashionistas have carried the iconic Palestinian keffiyeh across the globe, but in the West Bank producers of the headscarf are struggling to compete with Chinese imports. The black-and-white checkered scarf -- which became an international symbol of the Palestinian struggle when...
Rice says Russian recognition of rebel regions 'regrettable'
- 2008-08-26
RAMALLAH, West Bank AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday said it was "regrettable" that Russia formally recognised the rebel Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent. "Abkhazia and South Ossetia are a part of the internationally recognised borders of Georgia and are going...
Palestinian herders hard-hit by drought, Israeli restrictions
- 2008-08-26
ISFEY FOQA, West Bank AFP — Hard-hit by a severe three-year drought and tough restrictions on movement imposed by Israel, Palestinian shepherds are facing what some elders call their worst crisis in living memory. "All we have left is hope," says Musa Abdullah Awad, a wizened 49-year-old herder as...
Palestinian prisoners freed as Rice arrives in Middle East
- 2008-08-25
RAMALLAH, West Bank AFP — Israel freed 198 Palestinian prisoners on Monday in a gesture to president Mahmud Abbas as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the region to spur US-backed peace talks. The prisoners were welcomed by thousands of cheering supporters at an outdoor celebration at...
Palestinian prisoners freed as Rice arrives in Middle East
- 2008-08-25
RAMALLAH, West Bank AFP — Israel freed 198 Palestinian prisoners on Monday in a gesture to president Mahmud Abbas as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the region to spur US-backed peace talks. The prisoners were welcomed by thousands of cheering supporters at an outdoor celebration at...
Abbas holds talks with Saudi king
- 2008-08-19
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia AFP — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met Saudi King Abdullah on Tuesday during a brief visit to Saudi Arabia, the official SPA news agency reported. It gave few details of their talks in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, saying only that they focused on "latest...
Big stink as Israel unleashes 'skunk' on protestors
- 2008-08-18
BILIN, West Bank AFP — The Palestinian protestors massed at the fence expected tear gas and rubber bullets; what they got instead was a putrid yellow wind, Israel's newest weapon against West Bank demonstrators. The noxious mist, which Israeli police refer to as "skunk," was used for the first...
Israel frees Palestinians as part of Hezbollah deal
- 2008-08-06
JERUSALEM AFP — Israel on Wednesday freed five Palestinian prisoners as part of a UN-brokered prisoner exchange with the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, the prisons administration said. Prisons spokeswoman Yarona Linhar said the five prisoners, all minors, were released from Hasharon prison, where they had been jailed for hurling rocks...
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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