12110 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.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-france-biggest-wine-producer-20141023-story.htmlFrance has once again become the biggest wine producer in the world, up 10% from last year, according to the French agency OIV (Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin). That means France has surpassed Spain and Italy, both of which saw poor harvests.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:09:00 +0200latimes-9c767c47795de48ad3aa02465c2838d620141024180900http://reliefweb.int/report/world/tsunami-warning-exercise-north-eastern-atlantic-and-mediterraneanSource: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Country: World Four tsunami simulations will be staged by the countries around the Mediterranean and North-Eastern Atlantic from 28 to 30 October. The purpose of the exercise is to test the reactivity of the countries taking part in the....Fri, 24 Oct 2014 05:10:00 +0200reliefWeb-971d0ce32d223f4fa6b071f645c16e8c20141024051000http://www.ajc.com/feed/business/a-huge-tsunami-in-hawaiis-past-warns-of-future/fpR4J/Surfers love Hawaii’s waves, and many dream of catching “the big one.” For most people living in coastal areas vulnerable to tsunamis, though, “the big one” is a bad dream. The mouth of that sinkhole is about a hundred meters from the shoreline—and over seven meters above sea level.Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:55:00 +0200ajc-42cd003b89cf06662b301e4c7351820820141023205500http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20141022-global-surge-of-great-earthquakes-from-2004-to-2014-implications-for-cascadia10/21/14 Earthquakes Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments The last ten years have been a remarkable time for great earthquakes. Since December 2004 there have been no less than eighteen quakes of Mw8.0 or greater — a rate of more than twice that seen from 1900 to mid-2004.Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:41:00 +0200homelandsecuritynewswire-29e7b2a742ce22744512b8be8b4f78ab20141021224100