491150GDACS 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 Navy chief lists maritime threats, thanks U.S. for speedboatshttp://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2011/8/11/40562/Navy-chief-lists-maritime-threats-thanks-US-for-speedboatsSanto Domingo.- The trafficking of drugs, guns, money and people by sea as part of the “transnational organized crime” posed the most serious threat and therefore the top challenge to face the Dominican Republic, affirmed Navy chief of staff Nicolas Cabrera Thursday.Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:15:00 +0200dominicantoday-d229da989a4acff6cfbd663ef0d2928020110811231500Nevis Disaster Director optimistic about implications for Nevis with elevated tropical activity predictionshttp://news.caribseek.com/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis/article_97105.shtmlCHARLESTOWN, Nevis (NIA) - Director of the Nevis Disaster Department in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Mr. Lester Blackett holds the view that the implications for Nevis, despite of the new forecast, would remain the same.Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:14:00 +0200caribseek-96f835461c4a0833eefecd6b34fcd7d320110811081400Two weather disturbances in eastern Atlantic are headed westhttp://news.caribseek.com/Caribbean/article_97104.shtmlMIAMI, FL, U.S.A. (07:12PM) - A large area of disturbed weather is associated with a tropical wave and a broad area of low pressure centered about 475 miles west-southwest of the southern Cape Verde Islands.Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:44:00 +0200caribseek-bdf52c766b591c7331cb99bbb7ae6fff20110811064400Leonel and mayors will deal with Duquesa roadhttp://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=301225SDN. President Leonel Fernandez will meet with the mayors of Greater Santo Domingo in order to find a solution to the deterioration of the road that leads to the Duquesa land fill, reported yesterday the Presidential Minister, Cesar Pina Toribio. The official did not release the time or the day, and....Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:11:00 +0200diariolibre-f00e301fb26ddeee8e88973b299596b820110810201100