381310 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.france24.com/en/20110921-typhoon-barrels-towards-nuclear-plant-japan-roke-fukushima-disasterTyphoon Roke killed six people on Wednesday when it struck northeastern Japan, disrupting public transport and battering the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant although the plant escaped further damage, its operators said.Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:36:00 +0200france24-en-9d3b6569eb068f0795ecec40550d336120110921233600http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10753509&ref=rssFebruary's Christchurch earthquake is wearing much of the blame for a 697 million pounds half-year loss by the world's largest insurance market Lloyd's of London.Its underwriting syndicates have been forced to absorb 6.7 billion...Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:57:00 +0200nzherald-d9976749d53fa701ff3501f320b244d520110921225700http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/disasters-drive-lloyds-of-london-to-1st-half-lossInsurance claims from earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, floods in Australia and tornadoes in the United States drove Lloyd's of London to its biggest-ever first half loss, the insurance market said Wednesday. Lloyd's, which has no connection with Lloyds Banking Group PLC, said it received claims totaling 6.Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:42:00 +0200japantoday-3b06c170f38a68a3884f5e497e98145720110921224200http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/217788/20110921/thypoon-roke-path-2011-japan.htmTyphoon Roke is moving off shore and toward the Kuril Island archipelago between Japan and Russia, according to reports. The storm is still pounding the central Japan with rain, including the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which has so far avoid any major damage.Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:31:00 +0200ibtimes-cn-04fb196889a42632a9fb6ae1e64ad47820110921223100