306130 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 https://reliefweb.int/report/world/eighth-pacific-tsunami-drill-set-september-november-2018Over 40 countries around the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario from September to November 2018. The purpose of this exercise is to test country tsunami decision-making procedures and communication systems and processes. “The events of the 2009 Samoa Islands Region, 2010 Chile,....Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:56:00 +0200reliefWeb-404724b3dae6afaef83f8d645932f17620180921165600https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2018/09/22/mil-osi-asia-pacific-10-419m-set-for-earthquake-victims/Source: Hong Kong Information Services. The Government has approved a total of $10.419 million in grants for four relief agencies to help earthquake victims in Indonesia. The Disaster Relief Fund grants were approved upon the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee. The grants, $2.916 million for Plan International, Hong Kong, $1.Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:47:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz-f0e8c8ebf60933cb8249d07dac1ecbd320180921164700http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/09/21/revolutionaries-revisited-new-fight-ex-combatants.htmlPREMIUM Aceh struggled for 30 years to gain independence from Indonesia until a massive earthquake and tsunami hit in December 2004, and a peace agreement was achieved on Aug. 15, 2005. Similarly Maoists in Nepal struggled for 10 years to abolish the monarchy and establish a communist government.Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:27:00 +0200JakartaPost-3ee89aa30983fffaacc093203fb63ba020180921162700https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2018/09/22/mil-osi-asia-pacific-grants-approved-for-earthquake-victims-in-indonesia/Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region. Grants approved for earthquake victims in Indonesia Grants approved for earthquake victims in Indonesia The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and....Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:47:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz-fad4a7c6122cfe326d5c8db0936427de20180921154700