250310 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.vancouversun.com/technology/Vancouver+Island+will+open+like+zipper+when+overdue/10741482/story.htmlPACHENA BAY , B.C. — The low tide, bright sunshine and constant roar of endlessly approaching waves display the full power of the wide-open Vancouver Island shoreline at the remote beach handed down to Stella Peters and her family as a wedding dowry.Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:03:00 +0100vancouversun-cf7e9e2693c72d6a35c4fefac804ba7420150119170300http://reliefweb.int/report/japan/kobe-shall-never-be-forgottenBy Andy McElroy and Yuki Matsuoka. KOBE, 19 January 2015 – A firm resolve to build a more resilient future in honour of those who lost their lives in the Kobe earthquake 20 years ago was evident amid the sombre services of remembrance over the weekend.Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:36:00 +0100reliefWeb-898b5f5756209541b652a93dc787a6b720150119153600http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-megathrust-earthquake-will-rip-earth-open-like-a-zipper-expert-says-1.2917261?cmp=rssThe bay is also the home to the Huu-ay-aht First Nations village of Anacla, about 300 kilometres northwest of Victoria, which aboriginal oral history says was devastated when an ancient earthquake convulsed the West Coast of North America. First Nations from Vancouver Island to northern California....Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:13:00 +0100CBC-43df430b23b2df86967deeb61b3368ae20150119151300http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201501190067The son of a geisha has taken on his mother's dying wish of helping reinvigorate the traditional “hanamachi” entertainment district in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, doing his part as perhaps the only male geisha in the country. December 07, 2013. AOMORI--Chikano Fujima, known as the “last geisha” of....Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:57:00 +0100ajw-f7d145f022533483e067d995dc4d1a5120150119105700