125120 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/fromthefield/218926/eb62031b2bcdc0d69bc5915b02ce6820.htmDeadly water-borne diseases are on the increase in the Philippines following the recent onslaughts of floods and typhoons. Tropical Typhoon Ketsana devastated the Manila area on 26 September and was almost immediately followed by Typhoon Parma, which hit the Luzon region north of Manila on 3....Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:37:00 +0200alertnet-188a40015892257a99c5f93550775e4020091019153700http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1012331/1/.htmlSINGAPORE: Singapore Idol Season 2 winner Hady Mirza contracted Chicken Pox while on a humanitarian mission as Mercy Relief's goodwill ambassador in quake-hit Padang, Indonesia.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:55:00 +0200channelnewsasia-799c5be15231e27927b718612891a45d20091019135500http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED18%20Oct%202009%2022%3A03%3A56%3A023THESE are the first pictures of heroic rescue dog, Darcy, in the cage which will be her home for the next five months under “antiquated” UK quarantine laws.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:20:00 +0200eadt-5f6fbe5e4abe3bcab3dc7a238a3308d620091019102000http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/19/brazil-italy-provide-assistance-quake-victims.html-0Indonesia's close friends Brazil and Italy last week donated money and relief materials to victims of Sept. 30 earthquake, which killed more than 1,000 people and destroyed thousands of houses. Read MoreMon, 19 Oct 2009 09:12:00 +0200JakartaPost-e629a7e02d874dbb1e0b8f84794a593720091019091200