200 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.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08358296.htmSeaweed farmer Nyafu Juma Uledi ties her crop to string in tidal pools near the village of Bwejuu on Zanzibar island, Tanzania, December 2, 2007. Local women have earned a degree of financial independence by farming seaweed in Zanzibar, which exports more than 10,000 tonnes a year to Asian markets,....2007-12-08T22:25+0100alertnet-b33d5b8885de44ba99160f02eb78ca5320071208222500http://139.191.254.108/Wires/reuters-en/071208/reuters-en-85767f930d96a871224f5d273b1c1de5.htmlWASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A moderate 5.7 earthquake struck 128 miles (206 km) west-southwest of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, at 1955 GMT, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Saturday. The quake was reported at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km). USGS said the quake occurred away from populated areas and no reports of damage had been received.2007-12-08T21:58+0100reuters-en-85767f930d96a871224f5d273b1c1de520071208215800