51370 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.nyasatimes.com/national/bingu-declares-earth-quake-hit-karonga-district-a-disaster-zone.htmlPresident Bingu wa Mutharika on Tuesday declared Karonga, a district hit twice by earthquake, a disaster zone. The declaration comes amid calls from the civil society orgnaisations urging the government and the stakeholders to quickly respond to the disaster. Karonga district had been hit twice by the earthquakes which were measured at 5.Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:29:00 +0100nyasatimes-040bb45f8bd9f3b12e56995343d00e8220091222162900http://www.nyasatimes.com/national/churches-ngos-call-for-emergency-aid-for-malawi-quake-victims.htmlChurches in Malawi have offered special prayers and called on their members to aid thousands of people made homeless by a series of earthquakes that have hit the northern region of Karonga, bordering Tanzania. The session clerk for St James Church of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Blantyre Synod, Raban Banda, said during a service, [.Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:58:00 +0100nyasatimes-d8b8d3e35268a7455e13be913de9772620091222155800http://www.afrol.com/articles/35006, 21 December - The government of Malawi has send an emergency appeal following a series of earthquakes in the northern district of Karonga.Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:48:00 +0100afrol-f87ec8e9fe3dbbcba548418ab2a2751f20091221214800http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&nid=3538&ad=21-12-2009BLANTYRE (Agencies): A strong earthquake destroyed several buildings in Malawi on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring about 200, a government ...Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:35:00 +0100TheFrontierPost-en-caebd2ceddbec8ebab29636dd662bc1820091221073500