Agence France-Presse Thursday teamed up with Pakistan's largest private news agency to launch the first international Urdu-language news service. The partnership between AFP and the Online International News Network will provide an average of 50 news, feature, sport and business stories per day from AFP's global output to Urdu clients in India, Pakistan and elsewhere.

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

WASHINGTON, Oct 21, 2011 (AFP) - A computer security firm warned on Friday that cybercriminals were attempting to exploit Agence France-Presse photos of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi in an email scam.

Agence France-Presse was the first agency to have a picture of Moamer Kadhafi’s body after he was captured and killed in Sirte on Thursday.

Patrice Monti has been appointed Deputy Director of Sales & Marketing for Agence France-Presse. He will be seconding Group Director of Sales & Marketing Stéphane Marcovitch as of January 8.

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

Global news agency AFP and Hong Kong’s French Chamber of Commerce have launched a mobile site connecting executives to the chamber’s news, services, and AFP’s economic coverage.

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.

New guidelines on coverage of violence against women and increased use of women expert sources are among the topics included in a set of initiatives launched by AFP’s Global News Director Michèle Léridon, aimed at improving the way women are represented in the Agency’s content.