34920 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.wfp.org/stories/celebrating-un70-wfp-emergency-operations-through-years1984-85: Horn of Africa Drought. The Ethiopian famine caught the world’s attention as stark images lined the covers of major news outlets; Millions of Ethiopians faced severe hunger due to drought and the effects of civil war. From 1983 to 1985, WFP mounted 87 separate emergency operations.Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:16:00 +0200wfp-0543903804c563b7828c3a8f4a92178320151022181600http://globovision.com/temblor-estremece-zona-norte-de-chile/Un sismo de 5,1 de magnitud estremeció hoy la región de Coquimbo, en el norte de Chile, sin que se informara de desgracias personales o daños materiales. Según el Centro Nacional de Sismología de la Universidad de Chile, el temblor de tierra se sintió a las 16:23 horas (19:23 GMT), y su epicentro se....Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:21:00 +0200globovision-87df166382022ad96c4ff59d5239ab3520151022172100http://www.elperiodiquito.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=205575El gobierno japonés a través del ministro para los Juegos Olímpicos y Paralímpicos aspira que la llama recorra las zonas afectadas por el tsunami. El Gobierno de Japón planea que el recorrido de la antorcha olímpica de Tokio 2020 pase por la región de Tohoku, ubicada al noreste del país y que fue....Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:17:00 +0200elperiodiquito-bdc93047147bde61cb5fd6e48045ea9720151022161700http://news.yahoo.com/syria-crisis-five-years-conflict-poll-shows-increased-133500303.htmlWASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After more than four years of conflict in Syria, resulting in the largest humanitarian crisis of our time, it appears Americans are finally taking notice. A survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of World....Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:10:00 +0200news-yahoo-c431972b0726ba73646a9b5a4b286f5420151022161000