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22/06/2012 - 12:39

Appointments to head up AFP bureaux*

Charles Onians, 38, a journalist in the Paris Bureau, is to take over as bureau chief in The Hague on September 1.   Emmanuel Duparcq, 38, reporter in the Islamabad bureau, takes over as bureau chief on July 1. He will be responsible for supervising news coverage in Pakistan and Afghanistan.   Jean-Luc Bardet, deputy editor-in-chief from 2008 to 2012, took over as Brussels bureau chief on June 18. He is 49 years old.  
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21/06/2012 - 16:18

AFP launches “the e-diplomacy hub”, an innovative tool for exploring the world of digital diplomacy

The "hub" visualizes, analyzes and measures the presence and influence of diplomatic actors on Twitter, across the globe and in real time
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19/06/2012 - 17:07

AFP announces a series of appointments

Philip Chetwynd, 43, AFP’s editor-in-chief for the Asia-Pacific region, is appointed Central Editor-in-Chief to replace Florence Biedermann, who takes over as Director of the Europe/Africa region. He will take up his duties on October 1.  
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04/06/2012 - 12:18

AFP, first of the leading global news agencies to launch iPad application in Arabic

AFP is expanding its presence on iPad platforms with an arabic version of its information App launched at the end of September in English and in November in Spanish and Portuguese.
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01/06/2012 - 12:15

AFP teams up with the first Sportfolio international sports photography festival

Agence France-Presse is a proud partner of the first ever "Sportfolio", the Narbonne sports photography festival on 2-10 June.
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31/05/2012 - 16:47

AFP partners the Brazil Women’s Forum
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30/05/2012 - 16:53

Six AFP photographers honoured by the National Press Photographers Association
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25/05/2012 - 14:47

AFP live from the Cannes Film Festival on May 27

From the 65th Cannes Film Festival, AFP will broadcast on Sunday a live video just after the names of the prize-winners have been announced.
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16/05/2012 - 12:35

AFP partners 10th "Cannes fait le mur" wall art photo

To celebrate the 65th Cannes Film Festival, Agence France-Presse has teamed up with the city of cannes to present an exhibition of 17 monumental photographs of stars under the title “Cannes fait le mur”, that will grace the city’s walls and the “rue d’Antibes” from May 16 to June 30 2012.
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14/05/2012 - 12:48

Olympics/Euro 2012: Special AFP coverage of all this summer’s major sports events.

AFP providing real-time coverage of the London Olympics and Euro 2012 for text, photos, videos and graphics.