496200 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://news.yahoo.com/honda-bets-hybrid-technology-revive-momentum-155646165--finance.htmlTOKYO (Reuters) - Plenty of people think Honda Motor Co is not the kind of daring, risk-taking company it once was. One of them is Takanobu Ito, who just happens to be the Japanese automaker's chief executive. His solution? A simple, gasoline-electric hybrid technology which he believes will set a....Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:35:00 +0200news-yahoo-656edda808df47ddeb28c3cd0aa6609720120912183500http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-12/create-early-warning-systems-to-detect-competitive-threats.htmlEighteen months ago, a massive earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan. The tsunami it unleashed caused devastating damage whose effects are still being felt. But it could have been even worse. Instead, a mere three seconds after the earthquake struck, a sophisticated early warning system kicked in.Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:04:00 +0200bloomberg-f8ad90db5ec75c222b2f7a1ffb2cd4af20120912180400http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/newsDetailF.aspx?Id=437328ANI - 12/9/2012 - Le chef de la commission parlementaire des Travaux publics, de l'Energie et des Eaux, le député Mohammad Kabban a reçu mercredi l'ambassadeur de Japon, Syche Otsuka.Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:41:00 +0200nna-fr-7f098f2162f6c09dd8ca0fcd79eaaf0220120912174100http://www.abc.es/20120912/cultura/abcp-albert-boadella-espero-concedan-20120912.htmlGenio teatral y caníbal literario, masculla Albert Boadella que le va a escribir una carta a monseñor Rouco porque ha visto una bandera independentista sobre el campanario de su pueblo. Se enfunda la bandera de España, la pasea de mantilla y se atreve con ella en corto y por derecha e izquierda.Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:56:00 +0200abc-9278b3cbd8219aa29fae926c04d6eb9c20120912165600