16290 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.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1027185/1/.htmlJAKARTA : A moderate, 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's restive Papua province on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued, officials said.Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:37:00 +0100channelnewsasia-e89165a6a375b052ec992ea1b3c7e2be20091227163700http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/27/asia-observes-tsunami-anniversary/PHUKET, Thailand | Buddhist monks in orange robes chanted on a Thai beach, an Indonesian mother mourned her children at a mass grave, and a man scattered flowers in now-placid waters Saturday to commemorate the 230,000 killed five years ago when a tsunami ripped across Asia. An outpouring of aid - more than $13 billion - that followed the Dec.Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:52:00 +0100washtimes-1f1298826043955ce9cdba76ff9b446620091227125200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6853002.htmlA 6.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Maluku province in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, but causing no property damage or casualties, officials said. The quake occurred at 15:57 p.m. Jakarta time (0815 GMT) with epicenter 152 km northwest Tual of the province and with the depth67 km under sea bed,....Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:21:00 +0100peopledaily-64bda13c7b0a451112ea3c4a7ced7d3620091227122100http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/world/12/27/asia-marks-tsunami%e2%80%99s-fifth-anniversary-with-prayer/PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) – Thousands of candles lit up Thailand’s Patong beach, thousands of saffron-robed Buddhist monks marched and people held vigils as Asia marked ...Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:36:00 +0100stabroeknews-f304e05e145ea5045d6f3bc48cb66ad220091227103600