17953740 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.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91004757&ft=1&f=1001The massive earthquake that hit China earlier this month has spurred many civic groups into action, including animal lovers. Chen Yunlian, who runs an animal shelter, has saved more than 70 cats and dogs from the quake zone with the help of volunteers.2008-05-30T22:07+0200NPRnews-720d1ca8ead7459538e57c92e7ada79920080530220700http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7F5M7T?OpenDocumentSeveral Children from Earthquake Area in Sichuan Province Are Being Treated at SCMC (May 31, 2008) – Shanghai, China - International humanitarian aid and health education organization Project HOPE and the Shanghai Municipal Government are marking an important milestone as the Shanghai Children’s....2008-05-30T21:57+0200reliefWeb-d772f3fe99f719aa58944bd1f159971f20080530215700http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7F5MD3?OpenDocumentOxfam Hong Kong's response to the Sichuan Earthquake has entered the early rehabilitation phase for survivors in Sichuan and Gansu: our focus is moving from distributing relief supplies to planning medium- and long-term recovery. As of 30 May, Oxfam Hong Kong has received HK$71 million in donations for Sichuan earthquake.2008-05-30T21:57+0200reliefWeb-5bca57ac38fec28bd6e64b711cdcd26820080530215700http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/31/stories/2008053155832000.htmSharon Stone SHANGHAI: American actor Sharon Stone has been dropped by fashion house Christian Dior, and banned for life by one of Asia’s largest film festivals, following her comments this week that linked the earthquake that struck China with bad “karma.” Ms.2008-05-30T21:26+0200Hindu-6dae96aba01683722377e491b8ba0dc620080530212600