59040 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.irishsun.com/index.php/sid/232546673UN environment chief warns of 'tsunami' of e-waste at conference on chemical treaties. U.N. - Top Stories Tuesday 5th May, 2015 4 May 2015 - The head of the United Nations body tasked with setting the global environmental agenda today stressed the need to limit the use of dangerous chemicals and to....Mon, 04 May 2015 23:47:00 +0200irishsun-db790af82026730e195afcb2848bdffc20150504234700http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/wissen/natur/Forscher-entdecken-neue-Ursache-fuer-Superbeben/story/10845467Wo Erdplatten untereinander abtauchen, kann es zu gewaltigen Superbeben kommen. Forscher vermuten, dass das Tohoku-Beben von 2011 – das 15'000 Menschen tötete und das Atomkraftwerk Fukushima zerstörte – ein solches war. ETH-Forscher liefern nun eine Erklärung für ihre Entstehung. Ein Superbeben markiert das Ende eines sogenannten Superzyklus.Mon, 04 May 2015 23:47:00 +0200BernerZeitung-2189af8d3a8903a795e3f16b57db9ad920150504234700http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/style/AJ201505050003Satoshi Murakami tested the hospitality of lots of strangers on his recent pilgrimage across Japan. When he shows up on someone’s doorstep at dusk, instead of asking for a room, he asks for space on their land where he can put down his own house, which he carries on his back. February 10, 2015.Mon, 04 May 2015 23:22:00 +0200ajw-400e66df53a9ca8f598c54a2e4cfb95520150504232200http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=507634 May 2015 #150 The head of the United Nations body tasked with setting the global environmental agenda today stressed the need to limit the use of dangerous chemicals and to find a solution to the masses of electronic waste building up around the world, as a Conference of Parties to three major Conventions on the subject began in Geneva today.Mon, 04 May 2015 23:13:00 +0200un-org-e3a843d17bc970c938eedefebf3ef32120150504231300