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News Agencies

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FOUR MAJOR NEWS AGENCIES IN THE WEST

• Agence France Presse (AFP) in France 法新社• Reuters in UK 路透社• Associated Press (AP) in US 美新

社 • The United Press International (UPI) in US

合众国际社

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Associated Press (AP) in USThe Associated Press (AP) is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers, radio, and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists.

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As of 2007, the news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,700 newspapers, in addition to more than 5,000 television and radio broadcasters. The photograph library of the AP consists of over 10 million images. The AP operates 243 news bureaus in 120 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations.

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Reuters in UKReuters is an international news agency headquartered in Canary Wharf( 金丝雀码头 ), London, England, United Kingdom and a division of Thomson Reuters. Until 2008, the Reuters news agency formed part of an independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data. Since the acquisition of Reuters Group by the Thomson Corporation in 2008, the Reuters news agency has been a part of Thomson Reuters, making up the media division. It transmits news in English, French, Arabic( 阿拉伯的） , Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese（葡萄牙的） , Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

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Let's take a look of some pictures from Reuters

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It transmits news in English, French, Arabic( 阿拉伯的） , Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese （葡萄牙的） , Russian, Japanese and Chinese.• How many languages did the Reuters translate throu

gh the world?

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