548310GDACS EMM News Feed 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 S'pore firms encouraged to invest in quake-hit Tohoku, Japanhttp://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1242263/1/.htmlSINGAPORE: Singapore firms can explore business opportunities in northeastern Japan hit by a massive earthquake almost two years ago.Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:06:00 +0100channelnewsasia-6eea99da2abbd3da118d76271a71a2dd20121211180600Search for blame continues over collapse of 'deficient' buildinghttp://www.smh.com.au/world/search-for-blame-continues-over-collapse-of-deficient-building-20121211-2b7ss.htmlCHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand will not be able to move on from the Canterbury Television building tragedy until people are held to account for its collapse, the Building and Construction Minister, Maurice Williamson, said.Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:48:00 +0100smh-ae3f211e3a24790ed3d19f95d33b192d20121211144800World: Floods deaths down but economic losses significanthttp://reliefweb.int/report/world/floods-deaths-down-economic-losses-significantSource: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Country: Bangladesh, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the), India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan, Philippines (the), World 2012 Asian Disaster Figures * BANGKOK, 11....Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:35:00 +0100reliefWeb-facc9b07b50909789444cd34eaee589d20121211143500Great ball of China: Farmer builds survival pod to save him (and 13 others) from tsunami, earthquake... and Mayan doomsdayhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246313/Great-ball-China-Farmer-builds-survival-pod-save-13-tsunami-earthquake--Mayan-doomsday.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490Liu Qiyuan from Hebei province, south of Beijing, created the fibreglass shells - dubbed Noah's Ark - after being inspired by the apocalyptic Hollywood movie 2012.Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:24:00 +0100mailonsunday-2e390422cf9ffdb95760920cc4ff2c1a20121211142400