28870 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.indianexpress.com/news/for-serving-his-nation-after-tsunami-japan-emperor-thanks-ndrf-officer/1204893/Alok Avasthy, commandant of the Talegaon- based National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is back with the feeling of having witnessed the "biggest day in his life". Avasthy, who led the Indian rescue team in the aftermath of the Japanese tsunami in April 2011 was specially thanked by Japanese Emperor....Sun, 08 Dec 2013 01:00:00 +0100expressindia-bed2ae88867d741b63c97f835919abbc20131208010000http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5c12%5c08%5cstory_8-12-2013_pg4_4. TACLOBAN: A raggedy cloth banner in a Philippine town torn apart by one of the most powerful typhoons on record declares that its residents are “roofless, homeless, but not hopeless”. Super Typhoon Haiyan left more than 7,500 people dead or missing and ruined the homes of about four million others....Sat, 07 Dec 2013 21:45:00 +0100dailytimesPK-67f194d2b7bb908d96b8ab0eecb0bd8a20131207214500http://www.france24.com/fr/20131207-typhon-moins-dargent-recolte-dautres-catastrophes?ns_campaign=editorial&ns_source=RSS_public&ns_mchannel=RSS&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=20131207_typhon_moins_dargent_recolte_dautres_catastrophesUn mois après le passage du typhon aux Philippines, le 8 novembre, le montant de l'argent collecté par les ONG est bien moindre que pour d'autres catastrophes alors que les besoins restent élevés pour les millions de Philippins touchés. "On est en deçà de ce qu'on pouvait attendre".Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:58:00 +0100france24-cc85b6388bc67a27e78d70d8222ff7bb20131207185800http://www.rtl.be/info/monde/france/1053245/typhon-moins-d-argent-recolte-que-pour-d-autres-catastrophesUn mois après le passage du typhon aux Philippines, le 8 novembre, le montant de l'argent collecté par les ONG est bien moindre que pour d'autres catastrophes alors que les besoins restent élevés pour les millions de Philippins touchés. "On est en deçà de ce qu'on pouvait attendre".Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:37:00 +0100rtl-BE-f3a96eeeee848916bf1ccfdfabd3cde320131207183700