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Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French news agency, the oldest one in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest French news agency. Currently, its CEO is Emmanuel Hoog and its news director Philippe Massonnet. AFP is headquartered in Paris, with regional offices in Hong Kong, Nicosia, Montevideo, São Paulo, and Washington, D.C., and bureaux in 110 countries. It transmits news in French, English, Arabic, Spanish, German, and Portuguese. The agency was founded in 1835 by a Parisian translator and advertising agent, Charles-Louis Havas as Agence Havas. Two of his employees, Paul Reuter and Bernhard Wolff, later set up rival news agencies in London and Berlin respectively. In order to reduce overheads and develop the lucrative advertising side of the business, Havas’s sons, who had succeeded him in 1852, signed agreements with Reuter and Wolff, giving each news agency an exclusive reporting zone in different parts of Europe. This...... (Read more on Wikipedia)

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Top official says Hamas will never renounce jihad - — GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Senior Hamas official Mahmud Zahar said on Monday that the Palestinian Islamist movement will never give up its armed struggled against Israel. — The statement comes as Gaza Strip officials openly attacked …
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Gunmen kill toddler near Nigeria flashpoint city - — JOS, Nigeria — Gunmen have shot dead a three-year-old girl and her parents near the volatile central Nigerian city of Jos, a government spokesman and residents said Wednesday. — The killing in the Christian-dominated village comes amid growing fears …
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Italy fines Apple for misleading consumers - — ROME — Italy's anti-trust authority said Tuesday it was imposing a 900,000-euro ($1.2-million) fine on US tech giant Apple for misleading consumers on assistance services and guarantees for its products. — “Sanctions of a total of 900,000 euros …
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Suspected Islamists bomb police station, bank in Nigeria - — Gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamist sect — , a bank and a beer parlour in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state, residents said. — The gunmen threw explosives into a police station and a beer parlour in Geidam town …
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