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Agence France-Presse English Wire

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Last Update To Bluesheet: July 31, 2008

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Subject Coverage Database Content DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories Basic Index Rank
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Print Counterparts Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Limit Rates


File Description [top]

Agence France Presse English Wire provides full-text articles relating to national, international, business, and sports news. Agence France Presse distributes its English Service worldwide and has correspondents in Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, and Africa. It is the world's oldest news agency, dating back to 1835.


The service represents the totality of news collected by 950 AFP journalists and 2,000 stringers operating out of over 100 countries.


Agence France Presse English Wire is contained in two databases: Files 614 and 814. File 614 contains current data beginning in October 1999. File 814 contains archive data spanning from 1991 through September 1999. The OneSearch/DIALINDEX category AFPEW may be used to begin both files simultaneously, i.e., BEGIN AFPEW.



Tips [top]

USE FILES 614 AND 814

for news on a wide-spectrum of international, national, local, and business topics.

USE ID OR RD

to identify or remove duplicates. Newswire databases often transmit several versions of the same story.

USE CO= OR /CO

to search for company news by company name:

     S GENERAL(W)MOTORS/CO      S CO=GM?

USE AFPEW

to search Files 614 and 814 simultaneously in OneSearch or DIALINDEX

     BEGIN AFPEW      BEGIN 411; SF AFPEW

USE STANDARDIZED INFOSORT TERMS

(in File 614) to search Company Names (/CO, CO=), Geographic Names (/GN, GN=), Event Names (/DE, EN=), or Industry Names (/PN, PN=).



Subject Coverage [top]

Agence France Presse English Wire covers everything from coups to catastophes, from the latest scientific discoveries shaping the future to the economic trends shaping the world's balance of payments and power, from World Cup football to summit conferences for heads of state.



Print Counterparts [top]

  • None


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: October 1999 to the present (File 614)
June 1991 - September 1999 (File 814)
File Size: 2,260,541 records as of July 2008 (File 614)
1,141,000 records (File 814)
Update Frequency: Daily (File 614)
Closed (File 814)


Database Content [top]

  • Complete Text Records


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Newswires


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]

  • ERA Available
  • Graduate Education Program
  • KWIC and HILIGHT Available
  • DIALOG Alert Available
  • Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available
  • CURRENT Feature Available


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
AFPEW Agence France Presse English Wires
ASIANEWS Asia/Pacific News
CANADANE Canadian News
EURBUSNE European Regional Business News
EUROPENE European News Sources
FRANCENE News of France
GENERALN General News Files
INTLNEWS Global News English-Language Sources
LATINNEW Latin American News
MIDEASTN Middle Eastern/African News
NEWSDAIL News, Current - Daily Updates
NEWSWIRE Newswires
TODAYSNE Today's News


Contact [top]

Agence France Presse English Wire is produced by Agence France Presse. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

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Terms and Conditions [top]

Database copyrighted by The Agence France Presse. No part of The AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ENGLISH WIRE may be published, reprinted, or otherwise redistributed without written authorization from The Agence France Presse.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD FROM FILE 614 [top]

    DIALOG(R)File 614:AFP English Wire 
    (c) 1999 Agence France Press. All rts. reserv. 
     
  NO=  00008248  19991006ANA0395  (THIS IS THE FULLTEXT) 
  /TI  Travel agents urge Philippine leader to review "protectionist" policy 
  JN=  Agence France Presse English Wire 
  DY=,MO=,PD=,PY=  Wednesday, October 6, 1999  12:54 BST 
  JC=,LA=,RT=  JOURNAL CODE:  AFPE  LANGUAGE:  ENGLISH  RECORD TYPE:  FULLTEXT 
  DT=  DOCUMENT TYPE:  NEWSWIRE 
    WORD COUNT: 319 
     
    TEXT: 
  DL=,/LP,/TX   MANILA , Oct   6  (AFP )  - Travel industry executives on Wednesday called on 
    President Joseph Estrada to reassess his government's "protectionist" aviation 
    policies which they warned would cost the economy dear. 
     
    Direct air links between Taiwan and the Philippines were cut off last 
    Friday after Taipei rejected Manila's demand the combined weekly passenger 
    capacity of China Airlines and EVA Airways on their flights to and from the 
    Philippines be cut to 3,000 from 9,600. 
     
  /TX  Estrada has accused the Taiwan carriers of "stealing" the passengers of the 
    struggling flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) by cutting fares. 
    The group, called Freedom to Fly Coalition, accused the Philippines' Civil 
    Aeronautics Board (CAB) of attempting to "undo the moderate liberalization of 
    aviation policies undertaken by previous administrations." 
     
    "The economy will be gravely affected by a return to protectionism in 
    Philippine skies," the group said in a statement, citing a World Tourism 
    Organization study which said for every job saved by protectionist policies 
    "up to four can be lost in the economy through reduced tourism spending." 
     
    The moderate opening up of Philippine skies in 1992 had doubled tourist 
    arrivals to 2.14 million last year from 1.02 million in 1992, it said, adding 
    foreign trade surged 143 percent over six years to 59.18 billion dollars last 
    year after cargo capacity was increased. 
     
    "We are appalled that the CAB should be up in arms when foreign airlines 
    are charging lower air fares compared to our national flag carrier. We say low 
    fares are a boon to our people and we deserve it." 
     
    The group said "indubitably, the effect of CAB's policy to reduce airline 
    seat capacity will be to raise fares. Thus, those who will be most affected 
    are Filipino overseas workers who number in the millions." 
     
    They urged Estrada to "undertake a comprehensive review of the CAB's recent 
    policy actions, assess how these are causing distress to travellers, 
    businesses, industries and the entire economy, and restore the situation to 
    right." 
     
    cgm/mba/jd 
     
         Copyright (c) 1999 Agence France Presse. All rights reserved. 
     
  /CO,CO=  COMPANY NAMES:  CHINA AIRLINES LTD ; EVA AIRWAYS ; PHILIPPINE AIRLINES INC ; 
     FREEDOM GROUP INC 
  /GN,GN=  GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:  PHILIPPINES ; ASIA ; FAR EAST ; SOUTHEAST ASIA 
  /PN,PN=  INDUSTRY NAMES:  AIRLINES ; PASSENGER TRANSPORT ; POLITICAL AND PUBLIC 
     AFFAIRS ; TRAVEL AGENTS ; TRAVEL AND TOURISM ; AIR TRANSPORT ; TRANSPORT 
  /DE,EN=  EVENT NAMES:  GOVERNMENT ; POLITICAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 


SAMPLE RECORD FROM FILE 814 [top]

    DIALOG(R)File 814:AFP English Wire 
    (c) 1999 Agence France Press. All rts. reserv. 
  SU=  00003674    0352 
      Afghan rebels ask Moscow to stop supporting Kabul government 
     
  AU=   BY: JEAN-MICHEL CADIOT 
  DL=,PR=   DATELINE:   TEHRAN             PRIORITY:  Rush  WORD  COUNT: 0496 
  JN=,PY=,PD=   Agence  France  Presse English Wire       DATE: August 29, 1991 
     16:39 GMT 
     
  /LP,/TX   Afghan rebels, meeting here for two days with officials from 
     Iran and Pakistan, ended a conference Thursday by calling on 
     Moscow to relinquish its support of the Kabul government. 
     
     The conference, a follow-up to a meeting in Islamabad last month, 
     renewed support for a five-point United Nations plan calling for 
     inter-Afghan talks, a halt to the delivery of arms in the country 
     and formation of a new transition government ahead of elections 
     there.  The various representatives decided earlier to send a 
     mission to Mocow to consult  with  Soviet  authorities  on 
     ending  the  conflict  in  Afghanistan, according to a draft 
     version of a final communique. 
     
  /TX   The  text expressed the hope that "the events in the Soviet Union 
     will benefit efforts to resolve the Afghan problem" and said 
     agreement had been  reached  on  sending  "a  mission to Moscow 
     for talks with Soviet authorities." 
     
     The  draft  called  for  the  creation of "a committee of experts 
     responsible for continuing moves toward a political settlement in 
     Afghanistan." 
     
     It  stressed  "the need to find a just and peaceful political 
     solution" and asserted that "only the Moslem people of Aghanistan 
     can determine their fate."   The joint declaration in addition 
     appealed to the United Nations and other international bodies 
     to  carry  on  with  efforts  to  end  the  conflict. 
     
     A  mission  will  also  be  dispatched to the United Nations, the 
     conferees decided. 
     
     Most  rebel  groups -- Sunnis based in Pakistan and Shiites based 
     in Iran --  attended  the  conference  which  was  boycotted  by 
     three Sunni movements, including the powerful Hezb-e-Islami led by 
     Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. 
     (...) 
     
  /SH,SH=        SECTION HEADING: International; 
     
            COPYRIGHT 1991 BY AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S PROTECTIONISM
/CO CO Company Name1,2,5 Word S CHINA(W)AIRLINES/CO
/DE DE Descriptor2,3,4,5 Word
& Phrase		 S GOVERNMENT/DE
S "POLITICAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS"/DE
/GN GN Geographic Name1,2,5 Word S PHILIPPINES/GN
/LP LP Lead Paragraph Word S TRAVEL(W)INDUSTRY/LP
/PN PN Industry Name1,2,5 Word S AIRLINES/PN
/SH SH Section Heading6 Word S INTERNATIONAL/SH
/TI TI Title Word S TRAVEL(W)AGENTS/TI
/TX TX Text Word S (TAIWAN AND PHILIPPINES)/TX

1 Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

2 Contains INFOSORT terms (see HELP INFOSORT).

3 Also searchable using EN=.

4 Also /DF.

5 Available only in File 614.

6 Available only in File 814.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
AA= AA Supplier Accession Number Phrase S AA=I3FD586B0852611D9BF59?
AU= AU Byline6 Word S AU=(CADIOT(1N)JEAN)
None AZ DIALOG Accession Number
CO= CO Company Name1,5 Phrase S CO=PHILIPPINE AIRLINES?
DL= DL Dateline Word
& Phrase		 S DL=MANILA
S DL=ABU DHABI
DT= DT Document Type5 Phrase S DT=NEWSWIRE
DY= DY Publication Day5 Phrase S DY=WEDNESDAY
EN= EN Event Name2,5,7 Phrase S EN="POLITICAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS"
GN= GN Geographic Name1,2,5 Phrase S GN=SOUTHEAST ASIA
JC= JC Journal Code5 Phrase S JC=AFPE
JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ENG?
LA= LA Language Phrase S LA=ENGLISH
MO= MO Publication Month5 Phrase S MO=OCTOBER
NO= NO Story Number5 Phrase S NO=ANA0395
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=19991006
PN= PN Industry Name1,2,5 Phrase S PN=AIR TRANSPORT
PR= PR Priority6 Phrase S PR=RUSH
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=1999
RT= RT Record Type5 Phrase S RT=FULLTEXT
SH= SH Section Heading6 Phrase S SH=INTERNATIONAL
None SO Source Information
SU= SU Story Number6 Phrase S SU=0352
None TM Time
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None WD Word Count

7 Also searchable using /DE.


LIMIT [top]

Sets and terms may be limited by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /LP, /SH, /TI, /TX (e.g., S S5/TI), as well as by the following features:
SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/ DIALOG Accession Number S S3/0005123-9999999
/LONG Word Count of 1,000 words or more S S3/LONG
/SHORT Word Count of less than 1,000 words S S4/SHORT
/YYYY Publication Year S S2/1999


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AU, JN, PD, PY, TI SORT S1/ALL/TI


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: DE RANK EN S3


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/TI,PD/1-5


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
 DIALOGWEB
FORMAT		 RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record except Text
3 Medium Bibliographic Citation and Word Count
4 -- Bibliographic Citation, Lead Paragraph, and Word Count
5 -- Full Record
5 -- Bibliographic Citation, Indexing, Lead Paragraph, and Word Count
6 Short Title, Publication Date, and Word Count
7 Long Full Record except Indexing
8 Free Title, Publication Date, Word Count, and Indexing
9 Full Full Record
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number TYPE 0003674/5
DISPLAY 0074483/TI,LP
PRINT 0301964/5


Rates [top]

Rates For File: Agence France-Presse English Wire (October 1999 - present)[614]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.04
Cost per minute:                   $0.63
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                    $3.75
ALERT (Monthly)                *   $9.63
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *   $6.42
ALERT (Weekly)                     $4.28
ALERT (Daily)                      $3.75
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $4.28
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $3.75
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints       20

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.40    $1.40
     3    $1.40    $1.40
     4    $1.78    $1.78
     5    $1.78    $1.78
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $2.97    $2.97
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $3.85    $3.85
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

Rates For File: Agence France-Presse English Wire (June 1991 - September 1999)[814]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.04
Cost per minute:                   $0.63

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.41    $1.41
     3    $1.41    $1.41
     4    $1.79    $1.79
     5    $1.79    $1.79
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $2.98    $2.98
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $3.20    $3.20
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
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