Twenty years after war broke out in Bosnia, the AFP Foundation, the Council of Europe, and the Press Council and Journalists Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina stage a major debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in the country today.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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’s global news coverage in text, photos, and graphics will continue to be made available to Japanese clients via JIJI Press, under an agreement signed in Paris by AFP Chairman and CEO Emmanuel Hoog and JIJI President Masahiro Nakato last wednesday.