TOKYO BUREAU CHIEF GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FROM JULY 1 NEXT YEAR.

GLOBAL NEWS AGENCY AFP LAUNCHES ITS IPAD APPLICATION IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

THE AFP FOUNDATION IS TO GIVE 25 LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO JOURNALISTS FACING PARTICULAR HARDSHIP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OR WORKING IN EXILE.

TIME MAGAZINE HAS CHOSEN A PICTURE BY AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO AS ONE OF ITS TOP 10 PHOTOS OF THE YEAR.

2011 : VIDEO COMES OF AGE AT AFP • Video is now firmly established as part of AFP's news coverage:

“EYE ON A NEW CENTURY", AFP'S FIRST PHOTO APP FOR THE IPAD, IS ADAPTED FROM A 2010 BOOK “THE SHOCK OF THE NEW CENTURY” FEATURING THE BEST IMAGES FROM THE FIRST DECADE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.

A PLENARY SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY ADOPTED A GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT TO DRAFT LEGISLATION ON THE SO-CALLED “WARSMANN” LAW CLARIFYING THE PUBLIC FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE AGENCY.

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE (AFP) WAS RECENTLY ACCUSED IN BLOGS AND IN A LETTER SENT BY THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON TO PROMINENT US NEWSPAPERS OF FILING A PICTURE TAKEN ON JANUARY 25 IN AL-DIRAT, WEST BANK THAT HAD BEEN STAGED. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF THOROUGH RESEARCH BY OUR JERUSALEM BUREAU, AFP WISHES TO CONFIRM THE VERACITY OF BOTH THE PICTURE AND THE ACCOMPANYING PHOTO CAPTION.

AFP AND RELAXNEWS HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH AMAZON IN THE US TO DISTRIBUTE AFP-RELAXNEWS, A DAILY PUBLICATION NOW AVAILABLE ON THE KINDLE AND KINDLE FIRE, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH. RELAXNEWS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE WORLD'S LEADING SOURCE OF LEISURE NEWS.