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Agence France-Presse (AFP)French cooperative news agency. Based in Paris, it has roots in the Bureau Havas, created in 1832, which in 1835 became the Agence Havas, the world's first true news agency. The Agence Havas was active until the German occupation of France in 1940, when many of its personnel went underground. After the liberation of Paris in 1944, underground journalists emerged to form AFP. The French government assigned the assets of Agence Havas to AFP, which quickly became one of the world's leading wire news services. AFP operates bureaus in Africa, Asia-Pacific countries, Latin America, the Middle East, North America, and Europe. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A spokesperson for the Romanian Orthodox Church's Bucharest
patriarchate told the Agence France-Presse news agency his church had
already admitted its infiltration by communist agents and was not
against "the opening of archives dealing with priests. In early July, Agence France-Presse reported that a top official
with the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia issued an edict that those
who did not pray five times a day in accordance with a strict reading of
the Koran would face the death penalty. "The purpose of the show is to break
barriers and to show that there is no man or woman, no Pakistan or
India, no gay and no straight," Ali, the son of a retired military
colonel, told Agence France-Presse. |
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