148130 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/2009/12/mil-091229-unnews07.htmFive years after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, which left a devastating trail of death and destruction, millions of people have benefited from the influx of aid by rebuilding stronger infrastructure, social services and disaster warning systems than existed before the catastrophe, according to....Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:50:00 +0100globalsecurity-42db41ef1af5a14cc96179c6bf32eaf120091230055000http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219158/126214665440.htm30 Dec 2009 02:20:00 GMT Source: United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) - USA "And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." -Micah 6:8 (NIV) UMCOR marks its 70th birthday in ...Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:26:00 +0100alertnet-035b3e7f7fac4f1e4e09d28e222b8e9f20091230052600http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/30/content_12725775.htmUNITED NATIONS, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Five years after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, which left a devastating trail of death and destruction, millions of people have benefited from the influx of aid by rebuilding stronger infrastructure, social services and disaster warning systems than existed....Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:03:00 +0100xinhuanet_en-b1c41aa00fb2ad89c5eb507ba007707220091230020300http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/12/banda_aceh.htmlAlmost exactly five years ago, on the day after Christmas in 2004, enormous swells of water engulfed the city of Banda Aceh at the tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing an estimated 230,000 people. San Francisco photographer Lianne Milton wanted to see how the city was faring.Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:40:00 +0100NPRnews-a29bc2d1b82ecbc46d5e8ec217a24b9720091230014000