15860 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.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/business/toyota-moves-to-revamp-its-lexus-line.html?partner=rss&emc=rssAfter falling behind from a product shortage, the automaker is planning to rejuvenate its Lexus brand by making the line more appealing to younger and more adventurous buyers.Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:07:00 +0200IHT-81e09cc87b97dedf83f486d42b61348520120927030700http://www.newschannel5.com/story/19650095/strong-earthquake-jolts-alaskas-aleutian-islandsSeismologists say a strong earthquake has jolted Alaska's sparsely populated western Aleutian islands.Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:06:00 +0200newschannel5-bc789f238aeb6865404c1ef5500670f320120927030600http://www.pina.com.fj?p=pacnews&m=read&o=126924311350639ebf06f6ff4d6e06A media report in Japan says the government is considering abandoning this year's whale hunt in the Antarctic. The Asahi newspaper is reporting the annual round of research whaling could be suspended because of the poor condition of the fleet's ageing factory ship.Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:00:00 +0200pina-3b116e76ae92eee6c491e1e14c35cf3520120927030000http://www.npr.org/2012/09/26/161812054/tokyos-governor-stokes-the-island-feud-with-china?ft=1&f=1001Tokyo's flamboyant and ultraconservative governor, Shintaro Ishihara, said last spring that his city would buy some islands in the East China Sea. Today, China and Japan are caught in a war of words over who controls those islands. Some observers call Ishihara's move a power play that has sparked a crisis.Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:48:00 +0200npr-e7af2bb811138a5e1f2920e836263b2220120927024800