Agence France-Presse, the world's third largest international news agency, and EFE, the leading Spanish-language news agency, agreed Saturday to join forces in a fight against piracy and the uncredited use of their material. The agreement was signed at the 66th assembly of the Inter-American Press Association being held in the city of Merida.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) will be the first global news agency to introduce High Definition videos. The HD roll out will begin September 15th in French and English and over the following weeks, AFP’s HD videos will be available in the 5 other AFP VIDEO languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, German and Polish.

DAVID MILLIKIN, CHIEF NEWS EDITOR FOR NORTH AMERICA, HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA FROM APRIL 1.

TOKYO BUREAU CHIEF GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FROM JULY 1 NEXT YEAR.

GLOBAL NEWS AGENCY AFP LAUNCHES ITS IPAD APPLICATION IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

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

TIME MAGAZINE HAS CHOSEN A PICTURE BY AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO AS ONE OF ITS TOP 10 PHOTOS OF THE YEAR.

2011 : VIDEO COMES OF AGE AT AFP • Video is now firmly established as part of AFP's news coverage:

“EYE ON A NEW CENTURY", AFP'S FIRST PHOTO APP FOR THE IPAD, IS ADAPTED FROM A 2010 BOOK “THE SHOCK OF THE NEW CENTURY” FEATURING THE BEST IMAGES FROM THE FIRST DECADE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.

A PLENARY SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY ADOPTED A GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT TO DRAFT LEGISLATION ON THE SO-CALLED “WARSMANN” LAW CLARIFYING THE PUBLIC FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE AGENCY.