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://reliefweb.int/node/488532 Source: ICRC Country: World 03-04-2012 Statement Address by Robert Mardini, ICRC deputy director-general, at the conference on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the United Nations and the International Community, 3-5 April 2012, Geneva, Switzerland It might surprise you, but the International.... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:44:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-be97a0bd155e13e02f6506f9510ab2e0 ClimateAction Conflict NaturalDisasters UNbodies 46.20153 6.1666667 20120409054400 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=disaster-aid-cities-transformed NASA scientists may have debunked the claim that the world will end this December , but evidence suggests that the number of natural disasters has risen during the past few decades. This trend, combined with the accelerating growth of urban populations, has international aid organizations rethinking.... Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:31:00 +0200 scientificamerican en scientificamerican-26f9d32915225c567d954e647c873967 NaturalDisasters HaitiReconstruction Environment EuropeAid NuclearDecommissioning 20120406143100 http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/die-haiti-mudslide-16037574 A Haitian official says that six people have died in strong rains that destroyed their hillside homes. Nadia Lochard of Haiti's Civil Protection Office said Friday the five adults and one boy were killed when a mudslide crashed through their homes in the Morne Calvaire district above the capital. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0200 ABCnews en ABCnews-81f0a78b44e74411ae9f9981d79470c0 NaturalDisasters 18.54299 -72.343102 20120330180000 http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-99336-Karachi-gets-a-glimpse-of-stardom-as-Sean-Penn-drops-by Karachi The city on Saturday got a glimpse of stardom when Hollywood star Sean Penn arrived in the metropolis after his visit to flood-hit Badin. D Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:16:00 +0100 thenews-pk en thenews-pk-26d6f1ae2ab7f8843665020a86cf91f8 NaturalDisasters 24.8934 67.0281 34.0222 -118.244 20120325011600 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2012/04/hurricane-irene-name-retired-goes-satellite-retired/1?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20usatoday-NewsTopStories%20%28News%20-%20Top%20Stories%29 The name "Irene" has been retired from the official list of Atlantic hurricane names because of the death and destruction it caused. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:32:00 +0200 usaToday en usaToday-486ec2758824a3041ab5bb767807a52a NaturalDisasters Flooding 20120413203200 http://reliefweb.int/node/490877 Source: Harvard University Country: World Reported natural disasters are up dramatically since 1950, with more lives damaged by homelessness and injury, even as modern medical care and improved disaster response have reduced the number of lives lost, an authority on global disaster data said Monday. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:22:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-4417eadd17b7e7ffa5c9a6daa6425a5c NaturalDisasters UNbodies PublicHealth 20120419012200 http://reliefweb.int/node/491755 Source: ICRC Country: World The 16th Tokyo Defense Forum (TDF) and its Open Seminar were held on March 15th and 16th in Tokyo organized by the Japanese Ministry of Defense. The ICRC was invited as one of a few international organizations to participate in both seminars. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:41:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-6cab217aff0ac2976f21e8ca2ad51f6d Conflict EuropeAid NaturalDisasters 35.7150773265685 139.434790617286 20120423164100 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304356604577341963348830738.html I ARRIVED IN PORT-AU-PRINCE BEN FOUNTAIN last December to find my friends coughing, sniffling, hacking and struggling for breath amid the orange smog that hung over the city like a cloud of Cheetos dust. Soon Haiti would mark the second anniversary of the earthquake, and I was back to do more of.... Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:01:00 +0200 antiguanews en antiguanews-88bbb167bc7dc2f1f49a8e86d87c08ff NaturalDisasters 18.54299 -72.343102 20120422020100