AFP journalists released
Two Agence France-Presse journalists and a Getty Images photographer arrested in Libya on Saturday have been released in Tripoli.
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Two Agence France-Presse journalists and a Getty Images photographer arrested in Libya on Saturday have been released in Tripoli.
Dilnaz Boga, an Indian reporter and photographer, received the Kate Webb Prize from Agence France-Presse on Wednesday for her courageous investigative work in Indian-administered Kashmir.
AJDABIYA/SIRTE/TRIPOLI (AFP) - <br>The first shots rang out as ominous but faint pops while the Libyan army Land Cruiser was still several hundred metres away but, as it roared down upon us, the gunfire built into an insistent volley of sharp, earsplitting cracks.
AFP is to strengthen its permanent staff in Tunisia and Morocco in the wake of the uprisings in the Arab world in recent months.The Tunis bureau will be reinforced with a new staffer while a new bureau chief in Rabat will be named.Agence France-Presse currently has six journalists in Tunis and seven in Rabat as part of its workforce of more than 2,900 in 165 countries, of 80 different nationalities.
AFP has recently begun using forensic software to alert photo editors to manipulated images produced by third party sources and amateur witnesses.
Agence France-Presse was the only international media organisation to be able to get in to Deraa after a 10-day siege by Syrian security forces.
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AFP reporter Emmanuel Duparcq was awarded the prestigious Albert Londres prize Saturday for his coverage of events in Pakistan and Afghanistan focusing on the activities of the Taliban.
AFP videos spanning Politics, Fashion, Sports, Entertainment, Health and Technology are now available on <a rel="external" href="http://www.blinkx.com/">www.blinkx.com</a>.
South Africa-based Murray, 46, will be responsible for coordinating and promoting the business development and marketing of AFP-Relaxnews within AFP. AFP-Relaxnews is the world’s first newswire dedicated to lifestyle and leisure, the result of a strategic partnership between the two agencies.