596700 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://omanobserver.om/nepal-earthquake-toll-crosses-3700/Thousands of Nepalis began fleeing the capital Kathmandu on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks and looming shortages of food and water after an earthquake that killed more than 3,700 people. A senior interior ministry official said authorities had not been able to establish....Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:22:00 +0200omanobserver-om-91d5d9397f06d6ebe7e187fd4ea63b2920150428012200http://www.dw.de/nepal-searching-for-missing-loved-ones-with-google/a-18411530The death toll keeps rising after the massive earthquake that shook Nepal on Saturday. More than 3,600 people are reported dead in Nepal so far. But there are regions that are still completely cut off, so that number is expected to rise. Aid organizations are only beginning to reach the country and....Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:17:00 +0200deutschewelle-en-b8426ee6b8081e0061d81aadcab3fb7d20150428011700http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27999250/facebook-google-and-other-tech-firms-aid-nepal?source=rssSilicon Valley tech firms, including Facebook and Google, are pitching in to aid rescue and relief efforts after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday killing thousands of people. Facebook on Monday launched a fundraising campaign that matches every dollar donated -- up to $2 million --....Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:14:00 +0200mercurynews-b06bfa4a7ec6a4370f394eac34ee694520150428011400http://bdnews24.com/world/2015/04/27/shock-turns-to-anger-as-nepalese-wait-for-quake-assistanceInternational aid has finally begun to arrive in the Himalayan nation of 28 million people, as the death toll topped 3,900 people. About 6,500 more people were injured in Nepal's most deadly quake in 81 years. It triggered a huge avalanche on Mount Everest that killed at least 17 climbers, including....Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:12:00 +0200bdnews24-6adb9c098067b45f14120020eaaf843120150428011200