317120 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.todayonline.com/world/asia/un-urges-more-aid-philippine-typhoon-recoveryMANILA - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon urged the international community yesterday to ramp up aid for the Philippines' typhoon reconstruction, saying "we must not allow this to be another forgotten crisis". Mr Ban met key ambassadors stationed...Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:35:00 +0100todayonline-ee1ca23d62cc4b5b6138d4d99c7c7f3b20131223003500http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1388611/surge-cancers-among-young-fukushima-experts-divided-causeFifty-nine young people in Fukushima prefecture have been diagnosed with or are suspected of having thyroid cancer, but experts are divided about whether their illness is caused by nuclear radiation.Sun, 22 Dec 2013 21:58:00 +0100scmp-7241574817580d0e72b6e5ef22990aab20131222215800http://www.uniradioinforma.com/noticias/internacional/articulo241646.htmlEl gobierno de Japón extenderá por tres años las tareas de descontaminación de la zona adyacente a la planta nuclear de Fukushima Daiichi, informaron funcionarios del ministerio de Medioambiente.Sun, 22 Dec 2013 20:31:00 +0100uniradioinforma-816f3f7d93cac3ef07ffdf88e8b9f43720131222203100http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/philippines/2013/12/23/396580/UN-chief.htm(ChinaPost.com.tw) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on donor nations Sunday to ramp up aid to typhoon-battered Philippines as it grapples with a funding shortfall on the long road to recovery.Sun, 22 Dec 2013 20:06:00 +0100ChinaPost-41fa2c33ec6400ae9ae918c4f5867a2520131222200600