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 2006-07-31T02:01+020020060731http://english.people.com.cn/200607/31/eng20060731_288284.htmlpeopledailyenChinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Hu Jintao visited Tangshan, a city rebuilt on the ruins of a catastrophic earthquake 30 years ago in Hebei Province, north China on July 28-29.ChinaRuralDevelopmentRKWSMSAutoNaturalDisastersCNpeopledaily-6063c763884350603ab57681099c7365200607310201002006-07-29T04:32+020020060729http://english.people.com.cn/200607/29/eng20060729_287829.htmlpeopledailyenChina is poised to set up a natural catastrophe insurance system to draw lessons from losses suffered in the Tangshan earthquake, said Li Liguo, China's vice minister of civil affairs.NaturalDisastersFinanceRKWSMSAutoTerrorismBiologicalIndustryTradeRKWChinaHUmanDevelopmentRKWCNpeopledaily-41ea95a1dc819479f973b21578592215200607290432002006-07-28T11:35+020020060728http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/28/2003320744taipeitimesenScientists have long seen the 1976 Tangshan earthquake as a nadir for seismology, but only recently has China begun to explore the painful possibility that officials sat on experts' predictions. The lack of any official warning led to an enormous casualty toll of at least 240,000 dead and 400,000....ChinaAustraliaOrganisationsSMSAutoManMadeDisastersNaturalDisastersTWtaipeitimes-c6266ca2f8b7ae17f418949892bee5e3200607281135002006-07-28T10:27+020020060728http://english.people.com.cn/200607/28/eng20060728_287683.htmlpeopledailyenAn earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit China's Taiwan Friday, shaking buildings in Taipei, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, according to media reports from Taipei.InformationCommunicationsRKWNaturalDisastersTaiwanSMSAutoCNpeopledaily-dd6f7e064b903980b4aeb36dd5e1b91b200607281027002006-07-28T10:21+020020060728http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5221296.stmbbcenThe Chinese city of Tangshan marks 30 years since its devastation by a massive earthquake.ChinaSMSAutoManMadeDisastersNaturalDisastersEnergyMiningRKWGBbbc-96e0ecc325a388a21367fd1bcd451738200607281021002006-07-28T10:05+020020060728http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/28/2003320744taipeitimesenScientists have long seen the 1976 Tangshan earthquake as a nadir for seismology, but only recently has China begun to explore the painful possibility that officials sat on experts' predictions. The lack of any official warning led to an enormous casualty toll of at least 240,000 dead and 400,000....ChinaAustraliaOrganisationsSMSAutoManMadeDisastersNaturalDisastersTWtaipeitimes-55ffcbba5dd880171ba5de367baaba27200607281005002006-07-28T08:34+020020060728http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/28/2003320744taipeitimesenScientists have long seen the 1976 Tangshan earthquake as a nadir for seismology, but only recently has China begun to explore the painful possibility that officials sat on experts' predictions. The lack of any official warning led to an enormous casualty toll of at least 240,000 dead and 400,000....AustraliaSMSAutoChinaManMadeDisastersNaturalDisastersOrganisationsTWtaipeitimes-cf58b372844afd7f7627e5cba0904975200607280834002006-07-28T07:59+020020060728http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5221296.stmbbcenCommemorations are to be held in Tangshan in China to mark 30 years since a massive earthquake devastated the city. About 240,000 people died when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the early morning of 28 July 1976, according to official figures. Over 90% of the city's buildings were flattened and a 7.EnergyMiningRKWSMSAutoChinaManMadeDisastersNaturalDisastersGBbbc-6750bea2f1a96d752ef68bd55322f73820060728075900