223110 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.nytimes.com/2013/12/18/sports/baseball/tanaka-wants-to-play-in-mlb-but-club-balks-at-the-idea.html?partner=rss&emc=rssPitcher Masahiro Tanaka told his Japanese league team that he wants to play in Major League Baseball next season, but the team, Rakuten, does not want him to go.Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:00:00 +0100nytimes-fbb9edbb98cf136cb868b1e1af169fd120131218090000http://manilatimes.net/stunned-kerry-says-us-wont-abandon-typhoon-hit-philippines/61566/TACLOBAN: US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the typhoon-devastated central Philippine city of Tacloban on Wednesday, expressing shock at the death and destruction and vowing that Washington will not abandon its key ally. “This is a devastation unlike anything … Read more »Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:53:00 +0100manilatimes-f863c8620ed96e8fa30543ac33e27d2120131218085300http://www.dagensps.se/artiklar/2013/12/18/53251005/index.xml"Se upp! Var beredda! Snart kommer ännu en digital tsunami, ännu en våg som dränker något som många har vant sig vid - och tycker om", skriver Svenska Dagbladet.Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:42:00 +0100dagens_ps-c2dfa4d39193159c502eac924334181c20131218084200http://www.pap.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=cms_www.pap.pl&_PageID=1&s=infopakiet&dz=swiat&idNewsComp=&filename=&idnews=139173&data=&status=biezace&_CheckSum=-27914828418.12. Manila (PAP) - Stany Zjednoczone przekażą Filipinom dodatkowe 25 milionów dolarów pomocy humanitarnej w celu walki ze skutkami katastrofalnego tajfunu Haiyan, który na początku listopada zdewastował środkową część Filipin - powiedział w środę sekretarz stanu John Kerry.Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:34:00 +0100pap-h-e751e79c426705fba97a7446f0f1af8220131218083400