9230GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Afghanistan: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (18 - 24 August 2020)https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-18-24-august-2020AFGHANISTAN. From 13 to 23 August, fighting between Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and a non-state armed group (NSAG) continued in Kunduz Province and reportedly resulted in the deaths of 17 civilians and 43 people being injured. Almost 25,000 people were displaced in Kunduz Province and....Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:37:00 +0200reliefWeb-b10e4cf744d27f2d053df1a6b7cb71b620200825143700Soldier breaks down in tears at his late sniffer dog's funeralhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8650405/Soldier-breaks-tears-late-sniffer-dogs-funeral.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490'Tianbao, it was worth having you all the way. May you rest in peace,' the grief-stricken officer said at the funeral in eastern China's Shandong Province on Wednesday. Touching footage shows Mr Wang wiping clean Tianbao's grave and cried on its tombstone to give the faithful hound a final send-off.Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:21:00 +0200dailymail-db458432e456d2db691a350d75a2663c20200821122100Coronation Bridge, Bengals main link with Northeast, cries for attentionhttps://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/coronation-bridge-bengal-s-main-link-with-northeast-cries-for-attention-1713408-2020-08-20At a time when there is much discussion on strengthening India's strategic infrastructure in the wake of the border conflict with China in Ladakh, a strategically important bridge that connects the Northeast with rest of India, yearns for public attention.Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:28:00 +0200indiatoday-d55f25a1886043e2fef2a237dec2cc1d20200820202800India’s proposed transshipment port in Nicobar Islands to rival Colombo Port?https://www.onlanka.com/news/indias-proposed-transshipment-port-in-nicobar-islands-to-rival-colombo-port.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Onlanka+%28Onlanka+News+Report+-+Sri+Lanka+News%29Sri Lanka’s neighbouring nation ventured into this investment of INR 10,000 crore taking into account the strategical importance of the Great Nicobar Island. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (10) revealed India’s plans for the transshipment port during the inauguration of the 2,300....Sun, 16 Aug 2020 05:13:00 +0200onlanka-83f4f349c3eb67e6bd7bc308aafafd8320200816051300