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Twitter, Facebook attacked to silence man called Cyxymu
BNET
- 2009-08-12
Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal say they are continuing to fend off cyber attacks that last week derailed the popular Internet services. "The attacks continued but we got better at dealing with them such that Twitter remains active," Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wrote in an email reply to an AFP inquiry....
Google building Bing-killer search engine
BNET
- 2009-08-11
Google has rolled back the curtain on a secret project codenamed "Caffeine" focused on building a new iteration of its Internet search engine. "For the last several months, a large team of Googlers has been working on a project: a next-generation architecture for Google's web search," Google engineers Sitaram Iyer...
DTN News: Boeing, US Woo Brazil With Technology For Defense Deal
BNET
- 2009-08-11
DTN News: Boeing, US Woo Brazil With Technology For Defense Deal*Source: DTN News / AFPNSI News Source Info SAO PAULO, Brazil - August 12, 2009: US aerospace giant Boeing is proposing to transfer 1.5 billion dollars in fighter jet technology to Brazil in a bid to score a contract for...
DTN News: Thailand TODAY August 11, 2009 ~ Russian 'Merchant of Death' Set For Thai Hearing
BNET
- 2009-08-11
DTN News: Thailand TODAY August 11, 2009 ~ Russian 'Merchant of Death' Set For Thai Hearing*Source: DTN News / Int'l MediaNSI News Source Info BANGKOK, Thailand - August 11, 2009: Viktor Bout, the alleged Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death", is due Tuesday to hear the result of...
QNAP Systems Announces Rack-Mounted Servers
BNET
- 2009-08-11
QNAP aims its line of rack-mounted servers at entry-level enterprises, offering features such as a redundant power supply and SMS alerts if drives in the NAS server fail.NAS server, NVR video surveillance systems and network-based video player manufacturer QNAP Systems expanded its Turbo NAS lineup with a pair of high-performance...
Twitter, Facebook attacked to silence one man
BNET
- 2009-08-10
A Georgian blogger known as "Cyxymu" has blamed Russia for a massive cyber assault that affected millions of internet users worldwide by disrupting popular sites like Google, Twitter and Facebook. Speaking to AFP in the Georgian capital, the blogger said he believed Russia was behind the distributed-denial-of-service DDoS attacks and...
Quarantine lifted from plague town
BNET
- 2009-08-09
Chinese authorities have lifted a quarantine order that was imposed on a remote town of 10,000 people to contain a deadly outbreak of pneumonic plague. Local authorities removed the order on Saturday evening after no new cases of the plague were detected in a week, the Beijing News daily said....
DTN News: Three New Bank Failures Bring To 72 Number Of Collapsed US banks
BNET
- 2009-08-08
DTN News: Three New Bank Failures Bring To 72 Number Of Collapsed US banks*Source: DTN News / AFPNSI News Source Info WASHINGTON - August 9, 2009: US authorities have closed three more US regional and local banks, bringing the total of failed US banking institutions to 72 this year, the...
AFP and Getty sign video distribution deal
Strategy Eye
- 2009-03-30
News agency AFP and Getty Images are extending their image distribution deal to include videos. The deal will see Getty’s online entertainment videos displayed on AFPTV, the online video news feed available to AFP’s subscribers. In turn, Getty will sell AFP’s news videos on its website. ...
Soc: Champions League results & tables
- 2008-12-04
AAP Sports News Australia 11-06-2008 Soc: Champions League results & tables PARIS, Nov 5 AFP - Champions League results and tables after Wednesday's matches: Group E ...
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 |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| 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 |
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| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| 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 |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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