123150 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12nr58vjd/*http%3A//www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2iraqdec31,0,5779823.story?coll=all-news-hedAfter visiting a military base in Iraq where he met with rank-and-file American troops, U.S. Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick said he is convinced the United States must maintain a strong military presence in the country until the nation's government is stabilized and the insurgency subsides.Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:24:42 GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12nr58vjd/*http%3A//www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2iraqdec31,0,5779823.story?coll=all-news-hed20051231102442http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12s2ggb74/*http%3A//www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2iraqdec31,0,5779823.story?coll=all-newslocal-hedAfter visiting a military base in Iraq where he met with rank-and-file American troops, U.S. Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick said he is convinced the United States must maintain a strong military presence in the country until the nation's government is stabilized and the insurgency subsides.Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:06:04 GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12s2ggb74/*http%3A//www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2iraqdec31,0,5779823.story?coll=all-newslocal-hed20051231100604http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=135442gc2/*http%3A//www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1135986905254110.xml&coll=7President Bush's Dec. 18 speech stated that there were two options for the United States in Iraq: Win or lose. If the population does not support the occupation, winning (peace) can only be accomplished by an indefinite troop deployment.Sat, 31 Dec 2005 05:20:56 GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=135442gc2/*http%3A//www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1135986905254110.xml&coll=720051231062056http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12jubf37h/*http%3A//usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Dec/30-992627.html?chanlid=globalissuesOne year after the devastating December 2004 tsunami and earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean region, the United States has provided emergency services as well as economic assistance to restore livelihoods to the people in affected South Asian countries. The U.S. government has provided more than $150 million in assistance to communities in Sri Lanka and India for relief and reconstruction Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:16:07 GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12jubf37h/*http%3A//usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Dec/30-992627.html?chanlid=globalissues20051231031607