250550GDACS 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 Damage From Irene Could Cost U.S. up to $7bn, According to Ahttp://www.insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=276167&type=newswiresCHICAGO Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon Benfield , the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AON), today releases the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during August.Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:59:00 +0200antiguanews-0e31b2f2afe0b2fc5ad996bef42fcdaf20110908195900Tourists injured as tidal bore sweeps in Chinahttp://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/09/182_94192.htmlDozens of people have been injured after being swept away by the Qiantang River tidal bore in Haining, eastern China's Zhejiang Province. Hundreds of tourists gathered to watch the large waves created by the natural tidal phenomenon as they swept past - but unwittingly became part of the show as the....Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:37:00 +0200koreatimes-84d129d6ea79870c022c5198fb40dcec20110904183700August CPI should be stable: DGBAShttp://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan-business/2011/09/04/315526/August-CPI.htm(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan is expected to report only small fluctuations in consumer prices for August, although there were brief spikes in fruit and vegetable prices toward the end of the month when Typhoon Nanmadol hit the country, a government agency said yesterday.Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0200ChinaPost-30c0fbea1eac61799824960fd9d8120f20110903181500Typhoon Talas Hits Western Japanhttp://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Typhoon-Talas-Hits-Western-Japan-129180668.htmlAuthorities say at least one person has died, five others missing more than a dozen people have been injuredSat, 03 Sep 2011 14:34:00 +0200voanews-0e4059a5e6d63a240eca5a3da6f8665520110903143400