149320GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Over 340 dead, 6 million affected by floods in Sindhhttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011/09/19/story_19-9-2011_pg7_14ISLAMABAD: The recent floods in Sindh, caused by monsoon rains, have killed more than 340 people and affected 6 million people besides causing damage to an area of 7.987 million acres of land and destroying many crops. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), all 23 districts....Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:35:00 +0200dailytimesPK-b2fe18647d38b25bf2efed403e796b6320110918233500Over 500 villagers protest China factory pollutionhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8772197/Over-500-villagers-protest-China-factory-pollution.htmlHundreds of villagers in eastern China have been demonstrating in recent days against pollution they say is caused by a solar panel factory, with some protesters storming the compound and overturning vehicles, local authorities said on Sunday.Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:36:00 +0200telegraph-b4050687dc261b71e3aaeb9aacadc84d20110918223600UN needs $357 million to cope with Pakistan floods (AP)http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110918/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_floodsAP - The United Nations appealed for $357 million Sunday to help millions of Pakistanis affected by floods that have damaged hundreds of thousands of homes and destroyed millions of acres of crops.Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:47:00 +0200news-yahoo-3d13fc15c165253f74000ca568eb9fa320110918214700UN needs $357 million to cope with Pakistan floodshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44569608/ns/weather/The United Nations appealed for $357 million Sunday to help millions of Pakistanis affected by floods that have damaged hundreds of thousands of homes and destroyed millions of acres of crops.Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:19:00 +0200msnbc-517fcad3670950787a40a3e68708ea1520110918201900