638910 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.scidev.net/en/news/mixed-success-for-se-asia-s-japan-tsunami-alert-response.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newsIndonesia may have lifted its alert too early; the Philippines evacuated over 200,000 people and Papua New Guinea trialled its new SMS alert.Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:22:00 +0100scidev-46a8400503c1107815ace283a53161c120110314152200http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42069446/ns/health/Within the dark and fetid wards of the Senen General Hospital, some 120 patients lie in their beds or slumped in wheelchairs, moaning incoherently.Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:44:00 +0100msnbc-6255c63b5473401b91edcbc26671353f20110314144400http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54810At least 29 people are reported to have been killed after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Japan, triggering a 10-metre-high tsunami along parts of the country's northeastern coastline.Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:26:00 +0100ipsnews-e43c3f5882dbfbe855688c64e604755720110314142600http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/03/14/11/maria-ozawa-japan-will-overcome-hardshipsMANILA, Philippines - Fans of Japanese porn actress Maria Ozawa need not worry. The Hokkaido-born Japanese-French-Canadian adult video (AV) actress said Monday in her Twitter account that she survived the magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami in the country.Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:57:00 +0100abs-cbnnews-5da116ef7ee7d776705e4caa4f2a953b20110314135700