38140 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.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009/09/07/story_7-9-2009_pg3_3Three themes — nuclear weapons, the role of the army and the importance of science — are recurrent in Japanese literature, cinema and science-fiction cartoons. They provide a vehicle for the Japanese to explore how they feel about their nat “Is Japan prepared for the arrival of extraterrestrials?”....Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:35:00 +0200dailytimesPK-a8dc61e243ada39a59e6d2392f10da1820090907013500http://7thspace.com/headlines/319170/deep_sea_drilling_vessel_chikyu_successfully_completed_riser_drilling_operations.htmlThe Deep-sea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU successfully completed riser drilling operations on Aug. 31, for IODP Expedition 319, Stage 2 of the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE). The CHIKYU is operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth ...Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:08:00 +02007thspace-1b950fbafbe89a33e1559965a67b840020090907000800http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2009/09/06/223502/Record-number.htm(ChinaPost.com.tw) - More volunteers will participate in the 11-day Summer Deaflympics than in any previous single event held in Taiwan, another sign of the country's growing altruism that has also been reflected in responses to recent natural disasters.Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:44:00 +0200ChinaPost-73fb9ee1984391e327cc27cbcee88eaa20090906084400http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/09/06/the-week-in-review-shocking-news-indeed.htmlA powerful earthquake on Wednesday put Tasikmalaya, West Java, on the map and on the web. Web users quickly updated its status following the disaster. Read MoreSun, 06 Sep 2009 07:52:00 +0200JakartaPost-2a91a4eb6a4b6fb6a2a650aa7a5bd09920090906075200