96110 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/KHII-7265FG?OpenDocumentRosemarie North (New Zealand Red Cross information and media liason aid worker) Epakera Neubery was kicking around a football with some friends on the morning the earthquake struck Mondo village in the Solomon Islands. The boys were playing on a field next to the church, high above the ocean.2007-04-11T08:28+0200reliefWeb-dae6177ce36b4d2fd2cf9fbb90ed085420070411082800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7265GU?OpenDocumentThe Solomon Islands Red Cross led relief operation, supported by New Zealand Red Cross in the Western provinces of the Solomon Islands is in full swing. The Western provinces were the worst affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit over a week ago.2007-04-11T08:28+0200reliefWeb-078c1e48c43a42622d1d1297fb93558320070411082800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YSAR-725MRM?OpenDocumentby Rosemarie North of the International Federation in Western Province, Solomon Islands Epakera Neubery was kicking a football around with some friends on the morning the earthquake struck. The boys were playing on a field, high above the ocean. When the ball rolled towards the edge of the field, 12-year-old Epakera followed it.2007-04-10T22:14+0200reliefWeb-886148efa46f1d9bbf13338f6c04b7d020070410221400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-725JBV?OpenDocumentThe Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief Operations Update no.2007-04-10T18:14+0200reliefWeb-5d043beb44b387269a0823591a69861520070410181400