79760 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.straitstimes.com/world/more-aid-needed-for-aceh-earthquake-survivorsJAKARTA • The number of people left homeless after an earthquake struck western Indonesia has soared to nearly 84,000, leaving the authorities struggling to care for the victims, an official said yesterday. The shallow quake last week killed more than 100 people and injured many more when it struck....Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:05:00 +0100straitstimesSG-47e646f9ea477ae65f928e600941cd1420161213220500http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/People-help-themselves-in-south-Chennai/article16802409.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationA day after cyclone Vardah ravaged the city, residents are coming to terms with the devastation caused. In most areas, police, residents and Corporation and forest officials are involved in clearing the road for vehicular traffic. Electric saws and earthmovers were used to collect the debris.Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:01:00 +0100thehindu-7c64d6eb60f8560372c1256736cc32d220161213220100http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/video/id-93dG44ODE6EbPu8Dq8bkZTahJOFu25ti/Russia-Down-boy-Putins-security-dog-startles-Japanese-mediaRussian President Vladimir Putin brought his Japanese Akita breed dog, Yume, with him to an interview with representatives from the Japanese Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) and Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, in Moscow, Tuesday. ?I was told that you wanted to see Yume.Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:34:00 +0100dailytelegraph-1234890f1c24d9dd58cecbc25086a04c20161213213400http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/multimedia/2016/12/13/video-como-los-terremotos-han-sacudido-la-tierra-en-los-ultimos-15-anos/En 2004 un sismo de magnitud 9,1 en la escala de Richter dio pie a un devastador tsunami que arrasó la línea costera del océano Índico y se cobró unas 230.000 vidas. Y 2010 fue un año particularmente trágico para la región. En Haití un terremoto de 7,0 provocó la muerte de 220.Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:10:00 +0100elmostrado-0f4bb9c0e1ceb13912e3c49377ed8aed20161213211000