153600 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://gulf-times.com//site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=524281&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25Philippine authorities appealed yesterday for help in getting relief to 2mn people affected by deadly floods in and around the capital, warning that evacuation centres were overwhelmed. After more than a month’s worth of rain was dumped on Manila in 48 hours, entire districts remained....Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:38:00 +0200gulf-times-966c7fc3b229b91e7c709d037ca04cfa20120809223800http://gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/appeal-to-help-two-million-victims-of-philippine-floods-1.1059889?utm_content=1.1059889&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Feeds&utm_campaign=%3c%21%5bCDATA%5bAppeal_to_help_two_million_victims_of_Philippine_floods%5d%5d%3e&localLinksEnabled=false&utm_term=%3c%21%5bCDATA%5bMost_viewed_RSS_%5d%5d%3eEntire districts in Philippine capital remain submerged after rivers burst their banksThu, 09 Aug 2012 21:36:00 +0200gulfnews-c7623bed181f7de4becaf27d067153e620120809213600http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/08/world/asia/philippines-floods/index.htmlThursday brought no break from the rain for nearly 2 million people in the Philippines, where a monsoon has caused heavy flooding, evacuations, and at least 19 deaths, disaster officials said.Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:37:00 +0200cnn-e161cbe1fcc82eb9c88fbd62857c4e3420120809203700http://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/drenched-philippines-shifts-rescue-modeSource: Voice of America Country: Philippines (the) by Simone Orendain MANILA — The Philippine weather service has lifted its storm warning for the capital, Manila. Flood waters that affected more than two-million people are now receding. Three days of flooding in the capital region and immediate....Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:29:00 +0200reliefWeb-cce2d52aed766504cd01daf3c48d027f20120809192900