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AFP photographer wins Arab award for Chad shot

DUBAI (AFP) - An Iraqi photographer for Agence France Presse won an Arab award on Thursday for a picture of children caught in an abduction row in Chad, the second year in a row that an AFP employee had taken the prize.
04 25 2008 11:29AM (...more)

Egypt briefly detains AFP journalists in Rafah

RAFAH, Egypt (AFP) - Egyptian security forces briefly detained an AFP journalist and photographer in Rafah on the border with the Gaza Strip for on Sunday.
02 4 2008 4:04AM (...more)

Philippine army storms rebel hotel: AFP reporter

MANILA (AFP) - The Philippine army Thursday stormed a Manila hotel where a small group of rebel troops demanding the resignation of embattled President Gloria Arroyo were holed up, an AFP reporter said.
11 29 2007 6:59PM (...more)

Worldwide farewell to Jackson

PARIS (AFP) – Michael Jackson fans staged their own worldwide farewell to their idol Tuesday, organising ceremonies to mark his funeral and congregating before giant screens to watch the 07 8 2009 11:47AM (...more)

At least 3 dead in Kabul blast: AFP photographer

KABUL (AFP) – At least three people were killed in an explosion that rocked the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, said an AFP photographer who saw the bodies. The blast, which took place in central Kabul around 8:30 am (0400 GMT), has left a massive crater in the middle of
10 9 2009 4:13AM (...more)

AFP, photographers sue Brady, Bundchen over party shooting

NEW YORK (AFP) – Agence France-Presse and two photographers whose car was fired on by a bodyguard for American football star Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen have sued the couple over the incident. The
09 24 2009 7:09PM (...more)

Six bodies in Kabul blast on NATO convoy: AFP reporter

KABUL (AFP) – The bodies of six people, including a foreign soldier, were seen at the site of an attack on Italian vehicles from the NATO-led force in the Afghan capital on Thursday, an AFP reporter said. Two civilians and a soldier with the 09 18 2009 1:31PM (...more)

DR Congo govt, CNDP rebels reach peace deal: AFP

GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) – A minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday signed a peace deal with rebels of the National Congress for the Defence of the People, an AFP journalist present reported. International and regional cooperation minister Raymond Tshibanda signed
03 25 2009 5:38AM (...more)

Shooting inside Madagascar presidency: AFP

ANTANANARIVO (AFP) – Shooting broke out inside Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana's office in the capital Antananarivo moments after the army entered the compound Monday, an AFP correspondent reported. Soldiers
03 17 2009 9:54AM (...more)

Zimbabwe PM leaves hospital: AFP reporter

HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday left the Harare clinic where he was treated for injuries sustained in a car crash that
03 8 2009 10:40AM (...more)