15163460GDACS EMM News Feed 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 China OK with SDF quake helphttp://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080529a6.htmlYOKOHAMA — China has asked Japan to help transport emergency supplies to the earthquake refugees in Sichuan Province and signaled that Self-Defense Forces aircraft would be welcome as well, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Wednesday. Tents, blankets and medical supplies are probably key items China is seeking, Komura said.2008-05-28T23:32+0200japantimes-bb802eef7bcc5cebf30af95ce8ed2e0f20080528233200China quake: controls cautiously lifted on floods of volunteershttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/STRI-7F3QE3?OpenDocumentJIANGYOU, CHINA - Standing at a dusty crossroads surrounded by thousands of homeless earthquake victims, Chen Shoujun had almost lost his voice. He had shouted himself hoarse that morning, he said, trying to organize crowds of enthusiastic young volunteers who had flocked here. "It's not so chaotic now," he said, wiping his brow.2008-05-28T23:17+0200reliefWeb-5fbbd81171e2385daab5174daa8e6d6420080528231700German military to provide 80 tents to China's quake hit areashttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7F3M6U?OpenDocumentBERLIN, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, on Wednesday announced a plan to provide 80 tents to China's earthquake-hit areas. The Bundeswehr said that German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung has instructed the military to make 80 tents along with associated hot air power....2008-05-28T23:17+0200reliefWeb-e3920a7fac6a281a11083a1c2f2d031020080528231700China turns focus to rebuilding infrastructure destroyed by quakehttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/STRI-7F3QPT?OpenDocumentMore than two weeks after the earthquake in China that killed more than 68,000 people and left nearly five million others homeless, Chinese officials are working on plans for reconstruction. Jamila Trindle reports from Beijing. In China's Sichuan Province, efforts have moved from rescue to securing infrastructure and resources for rebuilding.2008-05-28T23:17+0200reliefWeb-c22a41c668fc32e437710327b5ee144720080528231700