281150 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://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/17/c_125869116.htmWELLINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- A severe earthquake measuring 6. 2 on the Richter scale has been recorded off the coast of Fiordland, shaking New Zealand's Southland region on early Tuesday. The 6.2-magnitude was centred 125 km west of Tuatapere and registered at a depth of 25 km at 1.07 a.m. local time on Tuesday.Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:47:00 +0100xinhuanet_en-5b8584fa8a9450bb3375687c52a0ab3620131216224700http://www.rtl.fr/actualites/info/international/article/fukushima-centrale-explosive-et-villes-fantomes-visite-au-c-ur-de-la-zone-interdite-7767970324DOCUMENT RTL - 1.000 jours après la catastrophe, la zone d'exclusion dessinée autour de la centrale de Fukushima est toujours jalonnée de villes abandonnées par leurs habitants. 11 Mars 2011. Un séisme et un tsunami ravagent une partie du Japo n. Bilan, presque 20.000 morts et disparus. Le site de la centrale nucléaire Fukushima .Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:39:00 +0100RTLFrance-606e2124940ca180b8b5e1d25e6c6eb120131216223900http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/9-years-on-tsunami-victims-to-have-home-of-their-own/articleshow/27489292.cms“It still haunts me,” says B Shanthi, a resident of Nochi Nagar near the Marina, about the December 24, 2004 tsunami that left a trail of destruction along the city coast.Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:33:00 +0100timesofindia-fcd07236cb4e1f73dd11d31bc8586d2920131216203300http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taipei/2013/12/17/396171/NCCU-students.htm(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Students at National Chengchi University (NCCU) are giving typhoon victims in the Philippines a much-needed hug by giving free hugs to those who donate money to them.Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:57:00 +0100ChinaPost-dcf1b6dec271ecf4076fba4e2d058ca620131216195700