228330 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/EMAE-76BRWF?OpenDocumentMontreal, August 22, 2007 Development and Peace has forwarded a $50,000 contribution to its Peruvian partner Caritas Peru to help in providing emergency assistance to some 10,000 families (50,000 people) affected by the massive earthquake, rated 8.0 on the Richter scale, that hit the southeast desert region of the country on August 15th.2007-08-23T01:56+0200reliefWeb-794184c7ae0ab9ae94e519b3ab6eae0420070823015600http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WFP/b56d9b456b75e3e13eac05e07cec4c6b.htmLocation: Lima WFP appealed to international donors for urgent funding to support its operation to provide food assistance for nine months to 80,000 people worst affected by last week’s earthquake in Peru. WFP’s emergency operation will require a total of US$6.1 million.2007-08-23T01:31+0200alertnet-de3c7d87c05179c4cd1b634a3b39403620070823013100http://emm.jrc.it/NewsBrief/pressreviewav/all/16_20070823.html#pressreview-625434The Portuguese ambassador in Lima will be heading a visit to one of the areas most affected by the earthquake in Peru. In cooperation with the local government, the group of European experts, including Portuguese technicians, will be assessing the help and support actions needed to be provided by the EU.2007-08-23T01:27+0200pressreview-Portugal-en-8f4e2636fd17fbd26a02fbc3c26510ff20070823012700http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EMAE-76BMEN?OpenDocumentBaltimore, August 22, 2007 — Lutheran World Relief has committed an initial $30,000 to an emergency response to last week’s devastating earthquake in Peru, which killed more than 500 people and left thousands homeless. LWR’s response to the disaster will focus on the rural provinces of....2007-08-22T23:56+0200reliefWeb-09ff91b553b33ad2f8276b5fcd85907f20070822235600