AFP hits 3,500 subscribers in 2010, up 27 percent in five years
The number of AFP's clients has grown 27 percent from 2,730 in 2005 to 3,500 in 2010. New international subscriptions (401) and clients in France (44) account for much of the increase.
Washington (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 17:43:34 | Former US Fed chiefs denounce criminal probe into Powell: statement
Paris (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 17:27:44 | At least 648 protesters killed in Iran crackdown: rights group
Port Sudan (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 17:21:32 | Paramilitary drone strike kills 27 in southeast Sudan: health official
Mogadishu (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 17:01:54 | Somalia cancels all agreements with UAE: statement
Caracas (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 16:39:46 | Opposition leader urges pope to intercede over Venezuelan political prisoners
Paris (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 16:35:00 | Iran summons French, German, Italian, UK envoys over support for protests: foreign ministry
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Brussels (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 16:06:47 | EU parliament bans Iranian diplomats, representatives from premises
Mexico City (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 15:56:50 | Sheinbaum says spoke to Trump about respecting Mexico sovereignty
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The number of AFP's clients has grown 27 percent from 2,730 in 2005 to 3,500 in 2010. New international subscriptions (401) and clients in France (44) account for much of the increase.
Jean-Pierre Vignolle will leave AFP on January 15, 2011 after eleven years with the Agency. He was appointed Commercial Marketing and Development Director in September 1999 and has served as Managing Director since early 2006.
Time Magazine said Wednesday it had honored Agence France-Presse photographer Mauricio Lima with its "Wire Photographer of the Year" award, hailing his "remarkable body of work" from the Afghan war.
AFP has launched an official Facebook page in English following the French page launched October 21 joining other media organizations operating on the leading social networking site.
The AFP Foundation today called for submissions for the 2010 AFP Kate Webb Prize to recognize exceptional work produced while reporting in dangerous or difficult circumstances in Asia.
Up to 100 African women sports reporters have begun receiving professional training in a programme sponsored by FIFA, football’s world governing body.
Agence France-Presse, the world's third largest international news agency, and EFE, the leading Spanish-language news agency, agreed Saturday to join forces in a fight against piracy and the uncredited use of their material. The agreement was signed at the 66th assembly of the Inter-American Press Association being held in the city of Merida.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) will be the first global news agency to introduce High Definition videos. The HD roll out will begin September 15th in French and English and over the following weeks, AFP’s HD videos will be available in the 5 other AFP VIDEO languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, German and Polish.
A law graduate with degrees in English and Spanish, Vormus, 52, began her career as a journalist, writing for the daily l'Aurore, VSD magazine and the Quotidien de Paris before joining Agence Centrale de Presse, where she became head of the political service.
Agence France-Presse is bringing the World Cup to the Newseum, the journalism museum in Washington, with giant screen projections of the best photos of the tournament.