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I see a lot that reports come from a news service called "AFP". I know that "AP" stands for Associated Press, but what the heck does "AFP" stand for?

2007-01-26 10:26:02 · 5 answers · asked by Sir Nigel 6 in News & Events Media & Journalism

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It's Agence France-Presse.....a global news company

2007-01-26 10:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by mindless 2 · 2 0

Associated Free Press

2007-01-26 10:33:50 · answer #2 · answered by xooxcable 5 · 0 0

AFP is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:

* Advertiser funded programming
* Active FoxPro Pages
* Advanced Flexible Processor, a model of Cyber computer by Control Data Corporation
* Advanced Function Presentation, an IBM printing architecture and file format
* Agence France-Presse, a major news agency
* Alpha-fetoprotein
* American Family Publishing
* American Free Press
* Antifreeze protein
* Annual Football Predictions
* Apple Filing Protocol
* Armed Forces of the Philippines
* Armed Forces Police
* Association for Financial Professionals
* Association of Fundraising Professionals
* Australia First Party
* Australian Federal Police
* Automatic Frequency Planning, a term used in mobile communications
* alt.fan.pratchett, a newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of the works of Terry Pratchett

2007-01-26 10:32:37 · answer #3 · answered by Vocal Prowess 4 · 0 1

Agence France-Presse

2007-01-26 10:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by Allan 6 · 0 0

American-Farce-Propoganda -- it's the news under the current regime; could also be dubbed, or dubya-ed, the TRAFP -- i.e., Third Reich American Farce Propoganda

2007-01-26 11:03:03 · answer #5 · answered by ekim2211 3 · 0 0

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