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 2005-11-21T07:36+010020051121http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6JC5F4?OpenDocumentreliefWebenOffice of the Spokesman Washington, DC American Contributions: - The United States responded immediately and generously to Pakistan’s call for assistance following the tragic and devastating earthquake of October 8. Our response has been consistent with our humanitarian values and our deep commitment to Pakistan.SMSAutoDonorsBanksRKWPakistanNaturalDisastersUSAreliefWeb-fe1288763f55b90a077068a28f0565c8200511210736002005-11-19T14:46+010020051119http://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/18/quake.pakistan.aid/index.html?section=cnn_worldRSS-cnnenAt a potential donors' conference attended by dozens of nations and agencies in Islamabad, where Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf sought more than $2.5 billion for victims of South Asia's massive earthquake, the head of the U.S. delegation said the United States is increasing its pledge to $510 million for relief and reconstruction.SMSAutoKofiAnnanDonorsBanksRKWPakistanNaturalDisastersUSAIndiaRSS-cnn-84d22332205cd64f061283890be43fa4200511191446002005-11-18T11:39+010020051118http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17512640.htmalertneten(Adds details, background, report of no damage in Bolivia) SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov 17 (Reuters) - A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook Bolivia and northern Chile on Thursday, but there were no reports of damage, officials in Chile and the United States said. "Its depth of focus is such that we probably won't have any damage.SMSAutoBoliviaNaturalDisastersEnergyMiningRKWChileUSAalertnet-07ac829261b9afae7ff7187034b72d3c200511181139002005-11-13T08:37+010020051113http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=256148&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/MailGuardianenHealth workers rushed to contain an outbreak of acute diarrhoea among hundreds of earthquake survivors at a squalid tent camp, and the Pakistani army appealed to donors on Thursday for more blankets, clothes and food for the coming winter. In Washington, United States President George Bush urged....WaterSanitationRKWNaturalDisasterssportsManMadeDisastersHealthSocialServicesRKWsportsRKWTerrorismBiologicalChadSRKWCommunicableDiseaseCasesUSACommunicableDiseasesPakistanMailGuardian-5a9e2c7ca569c2700e0e7adf187836d920051113083700