201290 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.trust.org/alertnet/news/act-alliance-appeal-assistance-to-flood-affected-in-the-philippinesAppeal Target: US$ 680,226. ACT members Christian Aid and the National Council of Churches in the Philippines decided to jointly issue the appeal in response to the needs identified during the rapid assessments done by both organizations through their own respective partners.Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:12:00 +0200alertnet-rss-bdf14efede7c93806df9a94255b0033420120921131200http://reliefweb.int/map/philippines/assistance-flood-affected-philippines-%E2%80%93-phl121Appeal Target: US$680,226 Balance Requested: US$613,110 Dear Colleagues, Barely recovering from the devastation of Typhoon Saola in July this year, the Philippines was again battered by “Habagat’ or the Southwest Monsoon enhanced by a separate Tropical Storm “Haikui” off eastern China.Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:10:00 +0200reliefWeb-ceb4318a68796212824d592f3630db1520120921131000http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/act-alliance-appeal-assistance-to-flood-affected-in-the-philippinesAppeal Target: US$ 680,226. ACT members Christian Aid and the National Council of Churches in the Philippines decided to jointly issue the appeal in response to the needs identified during the rapid assessments done by both organizations through their own respective partners.Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:55:00 +0200trust-bdf14efede7c93806df9a94255b0033420120921125500http://reliefweb.int/report/china/china-steps-investment-flood-control-0Source: Xinhua Country: China China steps up investment in flood control Thursday, September 20, 2012 The central government has budgeted 7.78 billion yuan (1.22 billion U.S. dollars) to assist local regions in beefing up flood control efforts, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said Wednesday.Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:02:00 +0200reliefWeb-9b8e9e6b30eecf58718005ceef253ae220120920170200