SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 16 [Category: Media] -- The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance issued the following news release: * * * ABC staff send clear message to management: quality news starts with quality jobs * Staff at the ABC are set to vote on potential strike action as part of their protracted campaign for job security, fair pay and improved conditions. Last week, ABC management declined to table an offer that enables staff to produce the quality news and current affairs that Aust more PR

CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issued the following news release: * * * Human rights organizations condemn the expansion in summoning human rights and political figures for investigation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution: Security measures and vague charges aimed at silencing independent voices * * The signatories consider the summoning of Dr. Aida Seif al-Dawla, a co-founder of the El Nadeem Center, two weeks after  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- International Center for Journalists is spotlighting freelance investigative journalist Khalid Bencherif as a recipient of the Michael Elliott Award recognizing his reporting on climate change governance and marginalized communities in North Africa. Originally from Morocco's Tafilalet region and now based in Berlin Bencherif said participation in the award program provided critical career momentum including international exposure and professional training opportunities. A more PR

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 15 -- The office of the Prime Minister of Australia issued the following news release: * * * Press conference - Osborne, SA * MARK BUTLER, MEMBER FOR HINDMARSH: About 40 years ago, the Hawke Government and the Bannon Government, two visionary Labor governments, came together and decided to build a defence precinct here on the Lefevre Peninsula. And it has served obviously the country, almost the world, by securing our naval capabilities. But for the state of South A more PR