21550 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.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/06/07/2003534732A magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of southeastern Taiwan yesterday had nothing to do with a rare transit of Venus in front of the sun on the same day, according to a local seismologist. “Some people believe that the gravitational pull between planets might trigger an earthquake,....Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:07:00 +0200taipeitimes-f8701274faa99c4fe42d7368c4ce937d20120606200700http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/bbc/1101105-japao-cancela-contratacao-de-brasileiros-para-limpeza-de-fukushima.shtmlA contratação de brasileiros para a perigosa tarefa de retirar lixo e entulho contaminado no entorno da usina nuclear de Fukushima, no Japão, foi cancelada após intervenção da Embaixada do Brasil em Tóquio. A polêmica oferta de emprego, que chamou a atenção pelo alto salário oferecido, cerca de R$....Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:51:00 +0200folha-0aa6c007036d10f262dc19cda26b61cb20120606195100http://news.yahoo.com/dock-japanese-writing-washes-ashore-ore-171542644.htmlA large dock with a commemoration plaque in Japanese has washed ashore on the Oregon coast, raising speculation that it could be debris from last year's tsunami in Japan.Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:46:00 +0200news-yahoo-65abc90ec5bfb30f6fddf67f4b7f0d2720120606194600http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/internacional,japao-suspende-contratatacao-de-brasileiros-para-limpar-lixo-toxico-de-fukushima,883153,0.htmRiscos à sáude fizeram embaixada brasileira intervir no recrutamento, antes restrito a japoneses.Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:44:00 +0200estadao-d3c97ef8373d85bb9e9a897c12f3c46620120606194400