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://allafrica.com/stories/201210121153.html [This Day]The cost of a measure or 'mudu' of beans reached a never-before-seen price of N500 a week ago. For most Nigerians families, beans and its derivatives like 'akara' and 'moi-moi' are the richest source of nutrients and very often the only source of proteins - meat, fish, milk and eggs - having disappeared from their menus long ago. Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:31:00 +0200 allafrica en allafrica-c3c39440fc09e98571319a71d49a4172 Development FoodSecurityFoodAid NaturalDisasters 9.172945 7.179924 20121012153100 http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/managing-the-impending-hunger-and-malnutrition/127446/ Nasir El-rufai : Email: nasir.elrufai@thisdaylive.com The cost of a measure or 'mudu’ of beans reached a never-before-seen price of N500 a week ago. For most Nigerians families, beans and its derivatives like 'akara' and 'moi-moi' are the richest source of nutrients and very often the only source of.... Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:45:00 +0200 thisdayonline en thisdayonline-5404841bde97bc39bb84537e483bced2 FoodSecurityFoodAid Development NaturalDisasters 20121012014500 http://www.rferl.org/content/daghestan-mudslide/24734691.html Reports from Russia's North Caucasus region of Daghestan say a mudslide caused by torrential rains has killed six people in the city of Derbent. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:33:00 +0200 rferl en rferl-729948b964b3a66d93d9298a15d7233c NaturalDisasters 42.052 48.2811 20121010103300 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-10-05-00-fossil-fuel-industry-a-grim-reaper/ Fifteen thousand South Africans are dying every year because of an economy based on burning fossil fuels. Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:16:00 +0200 mg en mg-c0a9cbe9fd7d63f2eb0b79067b7afeae ClimateChange FoodSecurityFoodAid NaturalDisasters ManMadeDisasters Environment 20121005001600 http://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/thousands-displaced-pakistan-monsoon-floods-strike-again Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Country: Pakistan , World To see this news alert with links to the sources click here Over 402,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed, with approximately 4.8 people million people estimated to have been affected by severe monsoon flooding in Pakistan this month. Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:06:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-5a177201cd7261344212b93fa3568238 UNbodies InstitutionalAffairs EuropeAid NaturalDisasters Conflict SecurityCouncil 33.718151 73.060547 20121004210600 http://gulf-times.com//site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=531901&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 Typhoon Sanba pummelled South Korea yesterday, uprooting trees, shutting down flights and ferry services and unleashing torrential rains that left at least one person dead in a landslide. The third major typhoon to hit the Korean peninsula in two months, Sanba made landfall in the southern port of.... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:47:00 +0200 gulf-times en gulf-times-f0a6919b9f78efe25e55fc3259868f90 NaturalDisasters 37.5424 126.935 20120918024700 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/refile-in-climate-puzzle-for-crops-ancient-tree-offers-clues Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:48 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters * Tree, 9,550 years old, aided by global warming * Unpredictable weather harms other plants as ranges change * Spruce's survival may offer clues for cash crop pioneers By Alister Doyle FULUFJALLET, Sweden, Oct 19 (Reuters) - On a windswept.... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:39:00 +0200 trust en trust-a9175dcf3a5fcc0053ac8840846eb3c1 EU-USA Ecology Environment NaturalDisasters ClimateChange 59.2869 18.073 20121019153900 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=in-climate-puzzle-for-crops-ancient By Alister Doyle FULUFJALLET, Sweden (Reuters) - On a windswept Swedish mountain, a 10,000-year-old spruce with a claim to be the world's oldest tree is getting a new lease of life thanks to global warming, even as many plants are struggling. Scientists are finding that the drift of growing areas.... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:44:00 +0200 scientificamerican en scientificamerican-73a2fc7b1edc691c5b8783475a05ec1b ClimateChange NaturalDisasters EU-USA Environment 59.2869 18.073 20121019194400