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23/12/2011 - 10:00

The fall of the USSR, an AFP webdocumentary

Mikhail Gorbachev resigned on December 25, 1991, bringing an end to the Soviet Union.

16/12/2011 - 10:00

AFP 2012: VIDEO AND SPORT REMAIN PRIORITIES

THE BOARD MET DEC 13, 2011 TO APPROVE THE AFP INTERIM RESULTS UP TO END-JUNE WHICH SHOWED THAT THE AGENCY HIT ITS TARGET FOR SALES, AT 140.3 MILLION EUROS, OPERATING PROFIT AT 9.0 MILLION EUROS AND NET PROFIT AT 200,000 EUROS.

13/12/2011 - 10:00

AFP teams up with Yomiuri Shimbun on Japan images

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is teaming up with the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s giant newspaper group, to supply AFP clients worldwide with news pictures from Japan.

08/12/2011 - 10:00

AFP: PEDRO PARDO PHOTO SELECTED FOR TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 10 PICTURES OF THE YEAR

TIME MAGAZINE HAS CHOSEN A PICTURE BY AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO AS ONE OF ITS TOP 10 PHOTOS OF THE YEAR.

28/11/2011 - 10:00

AFP- The first global news agency to launch its iPad application in Spanish and Portuguese

GLOBAL NEWS AGENCY AFP LAUNCHES ITS IPAD APPLICATION IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

25/11/2011 - 16:22

AFP 3D VIDEOGRAPHIC WINS ASIAN DIGITAL PUBLISHING INNOVATORS FIRST PRIZE

The World Association of Journalists and Press Editors has awarded an AFP videographic first prize en the category "best online animated graphic" at the Asian Conference on Digital Media in Hong Kong

08/11/2011 - 10:00

GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

TOKYO BUREAU CHIEF GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FROM JULY 1 NEXT YEAR.

08/11/2011 - 10:00

DAVID MILLIKIN HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA

DAVID MILLIKIN, CHIEF NEWS EDITOR FOR NORTH AMERICA, HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA FROM APRIL 1.

03/11/2011 - 10:00

AFP launches Urdu service

Agence France-Presse Thursday teamed up with Pakistan's largest private news agency to launch the first international Urdu-language news service. The partnership between AFP and the Online International News Network will provide an average of 50 news, feature, sport and business stories per day from AFP's global output to Urdu clients in India, Pakistan and elsewhere.

24/10/2011 - 10:00

AFP Foundation donates 25 laptops to reporters in poor countries

THE AFP FOUNDATION IS TO GIVE 25 LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO JOURNALISTS FACING PARTICULAR HARDSHIP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OR WORKING IN EXILE.