7071200 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.afp.com/de/nachrichten/topstories/japans-regierung-kundigt-anhebung-der-mehrwertsteuerDer japanische Ministerpräsident Shinzo Abe hat in einem politisch riskanten Schritt die Anhebung der Mehrwertsteuer angekündigt. Die Erhöhung um drei Prozentpunkte sei notwendig, um "ein nachhaltiges System der sozialen Sicherung an die nächste Generation übergeben zu können", sagte Abe vor....Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:24:00 +0200afp-deutsch-fbf5eb2ba6cf73bd14dda05098bc018220131001092400http://www.stol.it/Artikel/Chronik-im-Ueberblick/Chronik/Erneute-Panne-bei-FukushimaAm havarierten Atomkraftwerk Fukushima hat es erneut einen Zwischenfall gegeben.Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:11:00 +0200stol-29194e556e57719334e2a7abf6af63ac20131001091100http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/latest-news/255269-tokyo-electric-says-possibly-contaminated-water-leaked-at-fukushima-.htmlTOKYO: The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Tuesday that four tonnes of rainwater that may be contaminated leaked during a transfer of radioactive water between tank holding areas. Tokyo Electric Power Co. or Tepco, has been trying to contain contaminated water at the....Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:00:00 +0200thepeninsulaqatar-6d6f32bde5be256b9050b9bc74fe25dc20131001090000http://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/baluchistan-earthquake-pakistan-update-7-30-september-2013Source: Islamic Relief Country: Pakistan Humanitarian situation The death toll is now 407 with 600 persons injured, 11 villages destroyed in the earthquake. An aftershock of magnitude 5 hit Awaran district on Friday. Awaran Disaster Response Forum formed for fostering coordination among humanitarian....Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:50:00 +0200reliefWeb-c0ed3d7853fc4653aa152fb0fb1ad10f20131001085000