8140 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.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/10/mil-091028-unnews07.htmOn the heels of a four-nation trip to see first-hand the damage caused by conflict and natural disasters, the top United Nations humanitarian official today appealed for international support to help these countries recover and rebuild.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:31:00 +0100globalsecurity-f7b2701cf530f20fc2b1d996ebcc7ccb20091028233100http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/59567/2009/09/28-122125-1.htmHow the Indian Ocean gets its tsunami early warnings For more than 40 years, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) has been alerting countries in the Pacific region to the dangers of killer waves. Following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed almost 230,000 people, the United Nation's....Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:36:00 +0100alertnet-1236095b60d1668e246934c962283cb220091028133600http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219158/125667461359.htmPHILIPPINES: HELPING DISASTER SURVIVORS In the Philippines, nearly half a million survivors have been displaced from their homes and 295 people have died due to devastating Typhoons Ketsana and Parma. UMCOR Philippines is providing additional emergency relief packets for more than 11,000 affected....Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:44:00 +0100alertnet-9836c0f9c32781ea18c246475de0997a20091027214400http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/27/illegal-logging-continues-aceh-despite-moratorium.htmlDeforestation in Aceh has continued to worsen despite the signing of a logging moratorium that prohibits anyone from felling forest trees, a non-governmental organization said. Read MoreTue, 27 Oct 2009 07:11:00 +0100JakartaPost-269c5172dbec38feb92e77d4fd1fbda520091027071100