398290 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.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?ots591=0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233&lng=en&id=19154511 May 2015 Enhancing Disaster Management Capacity in South Asia. This commentary discusses the effectiveness of Nepal’s disaster management in the aftermath of the country's April/May 2015 earthquakes, and compares it to India’s disaster management protocol.Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:50:00 +0200ISN-7178b52f83c9458d4a94cfca5c8cfffd20150624115000http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=12395&ArticleId=2390765BANGKOK – A magnitude-6.5 earthquake hit a region southeast of Fiji in the South Pacific on Monday. No casualties have been reported yet. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center dismissed the possibility, based on historical data, that the quake formed giant waves. The U.S.Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:33:00 +0200laht-43e24d76123e3b296f75519e5ca05fb920150624103300http://www.dw.com/en/nepal-rebuilds-with-new-approach/a-18535649In Kathmandu Valley, a group of young men are assembling an earthquake resistant home made of steel and corrugated galvanised iron sheets. The structure only takes four hours to put together; it's also lightweight, doesn't require cement, skilled manpower or electricity to assemble.Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:30:00 +0200deutschewelle-en-6e3b057f3b25cb647bfb8fbefce3c61320150624103000http://sport.livesicilia.it/2015/06/24/dalla-firma-di-marino-allo-tsunami-il-destino-ora-e-appeso-ad-un-filo_559434/CATANIA. E dire che fino a ieri sera si parlava solo dell’imminente firma in calce sul contratto di Pasquale Marino. Era stato lui il prescelto. A lui sarebbe stato affidato il vessillo della speranza dopo due stagioni in cui l’oscurità aveva avuto il sopravvento su tutto.Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:33:00 +0200livesicilia-19a3649f9c2992d185b7ba18ab2850c320150624093300