The jury praised a series of pictures shot by 35-year-old Carl for AFP. They included a series of pictures of the student riots in London, another shows a demonstrator calling for the release of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and another is of a policeman caught in the act of moving a cat away from the doorstep of 10 Downing Street with his boot.

AFP is launching its iPad application in English at the annual conference of the Online News Association; a new offering, free of charge, providing access to a selection of fast, accurate news from around the world.

AFP EXTENDS HD VIDEO PRODUCTION - ALREADY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN - TO SPANISH

THE ARAB SPRING WAS THE MAIN THEME OF THE 18TH EDITION OF THE BAYEUX-CALVADOS WAR CORRESPONDENTS AWARD HELD FROM OCTOBER 3-9,<br>AND AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO TAKES THE SECOND PLACE IN THE PHOTO CATEGORY

AFP launched in London Tuesday the English version of Sport Direct, a multimedia venture which brings together the Agency's unrivalled sports coverage network and its award-winning international photo service. Until now, it has only been available in French.

HOOG, AFP’S CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONFIRMED THE AGENCY’S INTENTION TO SPEED UP DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MARKETS IN BRAZIL AND FURTHER AFIELD IN LATIN AMERICA, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH NEW PRODUCTS AND BY STRENGTHENING THE EDITORIAL CONTENT IN PORTUGUESE. “BRAZIL IS AT THE CROSSROADS OF FOUR AFP PRIORITIES: INTERNATIONALISATION, VIDEO, MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND SPORT,” HE SAID.

THE ARAB SPRING, THE DSK AFFAIR, THE LONDON RIOTS, THE SOCIALIST PRIMARIES - THESE AND OTHER MAJOR NEWS STORIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE EXTENT TO WHICH MONITORING SOCIAL NETWORKS HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF JOURNALISTS' WORK, INCLUDING NEWS AGENCY REPORTERS PROVIDING BREAKING NEWS.

Agence France-Presse has decided to support <a rel="external" href="http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/?id_page=1"> Tara Oceans</a> in an unprecedented media partnership after an approach by the international scientific expedition.

Getty Images, the leading provider of digital media and Agence France-Presse (AFP), the global press agency, announced today that they have renewed their agreement. The renewed contract takes effect on 1st June 2009 and extends the partnership between the two companies for a further three years.

The World Association of Journalists and Press Editors has awarded an AFP videographic first prize en the category "best online animated graphic" at the Asian Conference on Digital Media in Hong Kong