The Agence France Presse Moscow bureau team is awarded the Albert Londres Prize for its coverage of the war in Chechnya.

The use of digital files improves photo quality and speed of transmission.

The jury of the 19th Bayeux-Calvados War Correspondents Prize rewards AFP photojournalist Aris Messinis.

AFP announces the disqualification of Ben Johnson at the Seoul Olympics two hours before all others.

AFP has 25 bureaus across France, 46 overseas, and 13 in French overseas territories. It has correspondents in 116 countries and provides news in 73 countries.

Sammy Ketz shares the Albert
Londres Prize with Libération
colleague Sorj Chalandon for his
coverage of the 6-year civil war in
Lebanon.

AFP journalists can transmit their production from the field via Inmarsat. This 40 kg piece of equipment is very useful when there are no telecommunications links, particularly in war zones.