3410 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.smh.com.au/world/no-more-troops-faulkner-tells-us-20091105-i09q.htmlWASHINGTON: Australia has made it clear to the US it is not in a position to increase troop or training commitments in Afghanistan if the Obama Administration decides to add to its troop levels in response to General Stanley McChrystal's report, the Defence Minister, John Faulkner, said in Washington.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:53:00 +0100smh-8f99719f602660f49ddf86084d4531da20091105145300http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-mild-tremors-felt-northwest-pakistan-qs-07The 5.0-magnitude quake was centered in southeastern Afghanistan at a depth of 10 kilometres.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:41:00 +0100dawn-9b2851a8e3bc64c874ba956ad5f4d0d820091030094100http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1256799048751A moderate earthquake centered in Afghanistan caused tremors across Pakistan's northwest and parts of Afghanistan, said a meteorology official on Friday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in the Friday morning temblor, the tremors of which could be felt in Islamabad.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:21:00 +0100jrep-95a6829f29144e665cde034364f84aa920091030092100http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6798962.htmlA 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush mountain region in northeast of Afghanistan on Thursday night. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake measured magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale and the epicenter is 68 kilometers far from Feyzabad, capital of Badakhshan province and 261 kilometers from Afghan capital Kabul.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:32:00 +0100peopledaily-b87253897052520c208562038f9decc820091030073200