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://article.wn.com/view/2014/06/16/NC_should_make_wise_water_decisions_in_times_of_plenty/ SAN FRANCISCO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a drought emergency in California as the state struggles with the least amount of rainfall in its 153-year history, reservoir levels fall and firefighters remain on high alert. "We are in an unprecedented, very serious situation," said Brown, who.... Mon, 16 Jun 2014 02:49:00 +0200 palestinewater en palestinewater-29155ac7eaf5c244535c5fe038b4b5bf NaturalDisasters FoodSecurityFoodAid 14.6096 121.006 35.6831 139.809 41.8955 12.4906 51.4879 -0.177998 45.3742 -75.6507 35.2086 110.727 55.7388 37.6665 20140616024900 http://phys.org/news/2014-05-science-men-obama.html US President Barack Obama on Tuesday launched a push to get girls interested in science and technology, warning the country would miss out if it did not attract women to those fields. Tue, 27 May 2014 21:03:00 +0200 phys en phys-d776e920b6cd36783b8110cdff808835 NaturalDisasters 56.0 -4.0 34.147678 -85.684219 60.1733 24.9486 20140527210300 http://reliefweb.int/map/somalia/10-july-2014-world-echo-flash-events Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department Country: Bulgaria, China, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Somalia Mexico, Guatemala – Earthquake • Three people were killed in Mexico and two in Guatemala by the earthquake of 7 July. In Mexico, 9 000 houses and several roads were damaged in 15 municipalities. Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:25:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-2dda3e8dac4cda668e60e96c6cf9eb29 NaturalDisasters -25.3051 -57.6219 35.6831 139.809 2.04118 45.3441 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 42.7129311555887 23.620503684729 15.6949491562487 -90.3562355148168 -9.48177 147.184 35.2086 110.727 20140710182500 http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20140704084244 Dear Editors, The general public should be provided disaster insurance rights and rules of recovery as a matter of course at the inception of insurance. Read the full story: www.disasterprepared.net/culturechange.html - Culture change needed on insurance equation by Antone P. Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:08:00 +0200 mindanaoexaminer en mindanaoexaminer-c8cde6e66d156fcbac1720be07f6fe5a ConsumerAffairs Consumers FightagainstFraud NaturalDisasters 41.5535590323225 -8.30356083823675 20140704160800