19140 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.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1284193/former-premier-sues-abe-libel-over-fukushima-disasterJapan's premier at the time of the Fukushima crisis said he was suing the current prime minister for defamation over online comments about the way the emergency was handled. With less than a week to go before upper house elections, Naoto Kan, who is now in opposition, said on his official website he would be taking legal action against Shinzo Abe.Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:19:00 +0200scmp-9a2cdec30a09fe7a4e6e3fdfe40f37c020130716201900http://www.nst.com.my/latest/japan-s-former-premier-sues-pm-abe-1.320382?localLinksEnabled=falseTOKYO, Tokyo province: Japan’s premier at the time of the Fukushima crisis said Tuesday he was suing the current prime minister for defamation over online comments about the way the emergency was handled.Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:44:00 +0200nst-999e0264765723544c5e1407399b963d20130716194400http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2365591/Massive-Portuguese-earthquake-send-metre-high-tsunami-British-coast-submerge-Isles-Scilly.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490Experts say that much of the south-western British coast including slands such as Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, pictured, would be destroyed by a 10ft wall of water within four to six hours if there were to be a repeat of the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755.Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:12:00 +0200mailonsunday-85ad1045b40595fc938695458e0af4c820130716171200http://reliefweb.int/report/world/pacific-environment-leader-warns-%E2%80%98we-will-be-first-go-under%E2%80%99Source: UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Country: Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, World By Andy McElroy GENEVA, 16 July 2013 - The head of a major Pacific regional organization said the region’s acute vulnerability left it no alternative but to lead the world in integrating risk....Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:03:00 +0200reliefWeb-38e2ff8f99f04cf44e91108c3bd9050b20130716170300