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://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YAOI-6XZ9LM?OpenDocumentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta - China granted tsunami recovery aid worth US$2.13 million to Indonesia on Wednesday. "The donation is part of our government's commitment to the Indonesian government in performing humanitarian assistance," Lan Lijun, China's ambassador to Indonesia, told reporters at the Health Ministry.2007-02-01T09:39+0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-b482e61c80e92a3ecc8545703536c71fNaturalDisasters20070201093900http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/1/business/16744915&sec=businessChief executive officer for Malaysia business Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa said the target would stem from TM's existing fixed-line customers as well as new subscribers.2007-02-01T04:06+0100thestarenthestar-1f542ae767fd3b206b9a1349816c4fb7InformationSociety220070201040600http://www.kuwaittimes.net/international.asp?dismode=article&artid=1297138888MANILA: Washington is offering a $50,000 reward for the capture of a Muslim rebel blamed for bomb attacks in the southern Philippines just ahead of a summit of Asian nations this month, the US emba...2007-01-31T07:25+0100kuwaittimesenkuwaittimes-5a862c5af80f5fed65d27f5643892e05EMF_HealthMaritimeSafetyWorldNaturalDisastersTAXUDTerroristAttack20070131072500http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/29/news/disaster.phpGENEVA: Floods and storms were the most frequent natural global disasters in 2006, while extreme temperatures raised the death toll in Europe by 5 percent compared with the average for the past five years, the United Nations said Monday. There were 21,796 disaster-related deaths around the world....2007-01-31T01:54+0100IHTenIHT-ba160d27039f2a1b36548e771f12f3ecEuropeAidNaturalDisastersExternalAffairs20070131015400http://news.asiaone.com/st/st_20070131_85920.htmlCHINA'S biggest telecommunications companies have restored nearly all phone and Internet capacity that was affected by last month's earthquake near Taiwan. -ST2007-01-31T00:24+0100AsiaOneenAsiaOne-e299a9b9ca83ed75249f91547d8fa783NaturalDisasters20070131002400http://english.people.com.cn/200701/30/eng20070130_346146.htmlChina's top two internet operators - China Telecom and China Netcom, have announced that overseas communication services disrupted by the earthquake at sea area of Taiwan last month are now "basically restored".2007-01-30T12:52+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-d96c86209a6309847181e9afa8fdd6f5NaturalDisasters20070130125200http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2007-01-29-2006-disasters_x.htm?csp=34Floods and storms were the most frequent natural global disasters in 2006, while extreme temperatures raised the death toll ...2007-01-30T00:18+0100usaTodayenusaToday-aec9a38cf474ffbca39adc99f20917c7NaturalDisastersExternalAffairsEuropeAid20070130001800http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1019559GENEVA (AP) - Floods and storms were the most frequent natural global disasters in 2006, while extreme temperatures raised the death toll in Europe by five-percent compared to the average for the past five years, the United Nations said Monday.2007-01-29T18:50+0100caycompassencaycompass-4ec60f884c3f63d6047f5c57b24e40e9NaturalDisastersExternalAffairsEuropeAid20070129185000http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/29/news/UN-GEN-UN-Disaster-Toll.phpGENEVA: Floods and storms were the most frequent natural global disasters in 2006, while extreme temperatures raised the death toll in Europe by five-percent compared to the average for the past five years, the United Nations said Monday. There were 21,796 disaster-related deaths around the world last year, according to the U.2007-01-29T16:09+0100IHTenIHT-90502e850ccab98afd1c2a057f169520NaturalDisastersExternalAffairsEuropeAid20070129160900http://english.people.com.cn/200701/28/eng20070128_345406.htmlThe Singapore information authority confirmed that an East Asia Crossing submarine cable system was disrupted early on Saturday morning.2007-01-28T04:11+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-d7951178eb1420d919ba79ece03a7794EnterpriseEurope220070128041100http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/28/america/NA-GEN-Today-In-History.php1874 - British forces under Garnet Wolseley burn Kumasi, Ghana, ending Ashanti War. 1887 - The Interstate Commerce Commission is established to regulate the transport of passengers and goods across state lines by land and water. 1899 - Filipinos stage revolt against United States because independence is not granted.2007-01-28T03:18+0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-7af27593169d2bc866b399efc368046dManMadeDisastersTerroristAttack20070128031800http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/01/27/d70127070289.htm4 seismic observatories in sight without agri forecast Equipment installation in Sylhet, Chittagong, Rangpur and Gazipur begins in couple of weeks Iqbal Siddiquee, Sylhet After over four years' uncertainty, the much talked about Tk 14 crore Seismological Service Development Project is finally going to be materialised.2007-01-26T19:20+0100thedailystarBDenthedailystarBD-5bc3b178ac645ff125058464b6703901Agriculture20070126192000http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/01/26/2003346379Earthquake hits off Taitung City, no damage reported By Max Hirsch STAFF REPORTER Friday, Jan 26, 2007, Page 2 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck about 60km off the coast of Taitung City at 7pm last night. Originating 5km below the sea floor, the relatively shallow quake measured 4 on the Richter....2007-01-26T03:26+0100taipeitimesentaipeitimes-a07688d5d1f0481a8f7d27a8d4313faaNaturalDisasters20070126032600http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=296982A moderate earthquake rattled Taiwan on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage were reported. The magnitude of the earthquake and the epicentre of the tremor were not immediately available. Earthquakes occur frequently in Taiwan, which lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific basin.2007-01-25T16:54+0100MailGuardianenMailGuardian-022c6b7ff869e5a3eb1a49b3b7a35c60NaturalDisasters20070125165400http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/25/worldupdates/2007-01-25T195919Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-285057-2&sec=WorldupdatesTAIPEI (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake rattled Taiwan on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage were reported.2007-01-25T16:01+0100thestarenthestar-918efd70e4b737d1c748d37839ffcdacNaturalDisasters20070125160100http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2821808&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312TAIPEI, Taiwan Jan 25, 2007 (AP) — A strong earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Taiwan on Thursday, rocking buildings in the capital of Taipei. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The Central Weather Bureau measured the quake at 6.2-magnitude.2007-01-25T15:00+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-1eaa2f4ca2521b7dc79b9658fd6e6611NaturalDisasters20070125150000http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070125.wtaiwanquake0125/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070125.wtaiwanquake0125TAIPEI — A strong earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Taiwan Thursday, rocking buildings in the capital Taipei. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The Central Weather Bureau measured the quake at magnitude 6.2. It put its epicentre 62 kilometres southeast of the city of....2007-01-25T14:21+0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-d4b0fddf72233e7d14fce5dcb2760a86NaturalDisasters20070125142100http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=77873136&p=778734xx&n=77873428&x=25/01/2007 - 11:29:38 AM Strong earthquake strikes off Taiwan's east coast A strong earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Taiwan today, rocking buildings in the capital Taipei. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The Central Weather Bureau measured the quake at 6.2-magnitude.2007-01-25T12:57+0100examinerenexaminer-95fa52eb4a36dfe86cadc382be8bfa4aNaturalDisasters20070125125700http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TP129668.htmTAIPEI, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake shook Taiwan on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The epicentre of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake was under the sea off the east coast of Taiwan at depth of 5 km under the sea bed.2007-01-25T12:23+0100alertnetenalertnet-332fa933af64a5aead5b0262de7a34d2NaturalDisasters20070125122300http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/25/asia/AS-GEN-Taiwan-Earthquake.phpTAIPEI, Taiwan: An earthquake struck the Taiwanese capital of Taipei on Thursday, rocking buildings in the city. Taiwanese television immediately reported the tremor, but did not give any indication whether other parts of the island were also hit. Quakes frequently rattle Taiwan, but most are minor and cause little or no damage.2007-01-25T12:17+0100IHTenIHT-028c524803dd0d7d0467ee1241a1c7edNaturalDisasters20070125121700