36880 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.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2013/12/26/2003579820Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is set to move to the majors next season after his Japanese team Rakuten Eagles announced yesterday that they are prepared to let him leave, reversing their earlier rejection. Rakuten Eagles president Yozo Tachibana told a news conference that the team decided to release him....Wed, 25 Dec 2013 19:04:00 +0100taipeitimes-32e7f8b512e573c9dd8cf7f808113d7020131225190400http://www.lapresse.ca/international/asie-oceanie/201312/25/01-4723847-philippines-dur-noel-pour-les-rescapes-du-typhon.phpTerrés dans des abris de bric et de broc ou sous des tentes, les habitants de Tacloban aux Philippines ont passé Noël sous une pluie battante, qui rappelle aux rescapés du typhon Haiyan la catastrophe de début novembre.Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:47:00 +0100cyberpresse-ca7d99242d25cd012bb1a46d3b71781e20131225184700http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13B/Dec25_1387988854CH.phpDec 25, Colombo: Sri Lanka will commemorate the victims of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami tomorrow along with the National Safety Day events.Wed, 25 Dec 2013 17:35:00 +0100colombopage-c9a868077c0018594cc8f0891949cdb220131225173500http://lecourrier.vnagency.com.vn/lecourrier/fr-fr/details/34/societe/75000/fukushima-quelque-27000-personnes-evacuees-autorisees-a-passer-les-fetes-dans-leur-maison-abandonnee.aspxLes villes de Minamisoma, Naraha, Kawauchi, Iitate notamment permettent à une partie des ex-résidents de divers quartiers de revenir y vivre quelques jours pour Noël et le Nouvel An, alors que le séjour dans ces localités reste normalement interdit la nuit.Wed, 25 Dec 2013 16:06:00 +0100lecourrier-e2628316e88ae0ecea9a84515c0c619e20131225160600