Agence France-Presse

Wire Service | Mainstream

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is the oldest news agency in the world. It is also the largest French agency and the third largest news agency in the world, behind the Associated Press and Reuters. The agency is based in Paris, with regional centres in Washington, Hong Kong, Nicosia and Montevideo and bureaux in 110 countries. It sends out news in French, English, Arabic, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Russian. AFP was founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas as Agence Havas. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Media Wire Service, Online
Audience Very large audience (1M or more) (French)
Scope International
Political Viewpoint Neutral viewpoint
Owners nonprofit_organization | Managers: Pierre Louette
Story Formats News Report (145), Special Report (4), Poll (3), Investigative Report (2), Interview (1), News Analysis (1)
Story Authors Afp Staff (3), Stephen Collinson (3), Jitendra Joshi (2), Afp (2), P Parameswaran (2), Phil Hazlewood (1), Jim Mannion (1), Afp Editor (1), Not Listed (1), Stephanie Wong (1), Diego Urdaneta (1), Antoine Agasse (1), Staff (1), Charlotte Raab (1), Ap (1)...
Story Topics Middle East (18), Iraq (14), Bush Administration (14), Iran (12), Global Economy (11), War in Iraq (11), Energy (10), Obama Administration (9), Environment (8), John McCain (8), War (7), Afghanistan (7), China (7), Terrorism (7), Asia (7)...
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Location 13, Place de la Bourse, Paris, France
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Edited By David Fox
Last Edit Dec 23, 2008 - 12:32 PM PST
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