24245070 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.focus-fen.net/?id=n211961Constitucion, Chile. A tsunami alert sent terrified Chileans running for coastal hills Wednesday, while a surge of troops finally brought order to the quake-hit second city of Concepcion after rampant looting, AFP informed. Four days after giant waves swept hundreds to their death, two powerful aftershocks, with magnitudes of 5.Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:16:00 +0100focusnews-en-6c52164fe787cf4e4b18113f1b97c33620100303231600http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=nw20100303222027116C413471Bernardita Vives believes she is alive today because she "went with the wave" when the tsunami hit Chile.Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:15:00 +0100Star-e5654be10c1982727cad542799c3788a20100303231500http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124285980&ft=1&f=1004Chile has endured many earthquakes, and many thought it was well-prepared to handle a major quake. But the government has come under criticism from hard-hit cities and towns, where relief efforts have been moving slowly.Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0100NPRnews-ce638f680256ab96e2e836a25037288220100303230000http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02209214.htm03 Mar 2010 21:25:25 GMT Source: Reuters * President urges calm, pledges there will be no shortages * Flurry of strong aftershocks add to tension levels * Hundreds may still be missing, death toll stands at 802 * Next government eyes ...Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:45:00 +0100alertnet-c2610072e6d1cbba72f3252f4611cee320100303224500