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 The ABU is calling producers of ABU member broadcasters to participate in the ABU-MAE Project Awards programme. The programme aims to provide small awards of US$1,000 to help underwrite the production of local TV and radio programming on HIV/AIDS. Producers are encouraged to submit HIV-themed news feature items, public service announcements and/or longer format programming for consideration. Click here for more information.
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Latest developments in broadcast engineering have been presented at a meeting of the Technical Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in Mainz, Germany. 
Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman has said that the government will take all necessary steps to provide proper safety to journalists, reports The Post. 
New rules restricting what kind of food and drinks can be advertised to children are about to phased in on all the main free-to-air TV channels in New Zealand, reports TVNZ Online. 
Qatar-based Aljazeera English has appointed Tony Burman as its new Managing Director, reports The Peninsula. 
Providing broadcasting services to those with special needs and ramping up activity on frequency spectrum issues have dominated discussions at a meeting of the Technical Committee of the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU-TC). 
The Australian music industry has been given a boost in the federal budget with the allocation of another AU$2.4 million (US$2.3 million) to community radio initiative the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP).
Participants in a seminar in Yogyakarta have called for the abolishment of criminal defamation laws in the region and the reform of civil defamation laws, The Jakarta Post has reported.
BBC Trust Chairman Michael Lyons has spoken out against calls to use the licence fee to help fund rival broadcaster Channel 4, reports BBC News.
Several Thai youth groups have called on the local media industry to screen out scenes which have a bad influence on young children and teenagers, reports the Bangkok Post. 
