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.jamaicaobserver.com/history/this-day-in-history-october-21_205897?profile=1470Today is the 295th day of 2020. There are 71 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT. 1967: Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters march in Washington, DC. OTHER EVENTS. 1797: The US Navy frigate Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is launched in Boston's harbour.Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:39:00 +0200jamaicaobserver-b3e97f6a558234e31a34c1b5e6541ba2jamaicaobserveren46.948212 7.445736ConflictUNbodiesNaturalDisastersUnited NationsBashar AssadJohn DeweyMoammar GadhafiChristopher WrenHoratio NelsonWorld War IINational Security AgencyLech WalesaThailand Thaksin ShinawatraDemocratic Left AllianceVietnam WarWilly BrandtFerdinand E MarcosVan DongThomas A EdisonUS NavyNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNATOArthur RimbaudGamal Abdel Nasser20201021073900https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/rebuilding-lives-two-years-after-devastating-earthquake-struck-sulawesiRusmiati and her youngest daughter were at home when a series of powerful earthquakes struck north-western Indonesia. “My daughter and I were selling yellow rice when the earthquake struck, while my husband and my old son were still working outside of the house. “It was so strong. I thought that the whole world was going to be destroyed.Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:13:00 +0200reliefWeb-3167e68b78ee5436f4b3d8c78bc79f29reliefWeben-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersCrisisResponseCoronavirusInfection20200928111300