236100 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://news.yahoo.com/top-asian-news-5-10-m-gmt-051054724.htmlOn a New Year's Eve haunted by fears of terrorism, a spectacular fire in one of Dubai's tall towers captured the world's attention. With few exceptions, the celebrations rolled on, and while fire still raged, the Dubai Media office declared on Twitter: "New Year celebrations in Dubai will continue as scheduled.Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:14:00 +0100news-yahoo-0795eba20af40e7c5cfa84d36c32e40720160101001400http://news.yahoo.com/top-asian-news-5-10-m-gmt-051054724.htmlOn a New Year's Eve haunted by fears of terrorism, a spectacular fire in one of Dubai's tall towers captured the world's attention. With few exceptions, the celebrations rolled on, and while fire still raged, the Dubai Media office declared on Twitter: "New Year celebrations in Dubai will continue as scheduled.Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:43:00 +0100news-yahoo-773fe2a26944f7e021695e6ee0825ca820151231224300http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/01/national/emperor-speaks-pain-tohoku-evacuees-still-living-temporary-homes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29Emperor Akihito on Friday expressed his hope for the reconstruction of Tohoku as 2016 marks five years since a massive earthquake and tsunami wrecked towns, villages and farmland across the region. “It pains me to think that there are still people who cannot return to the places they used to live....Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:15:00 +0100japantimes-9c39c936d795968dd78637cbcd3313b420151231221500http://saudigazette.com.sa/world/chilean-architecture-stands-test-of-earthquakes/People work by an antiseismic sink in a building in Santiago. Chile, the most seismic country in the world, has had to be provided with infrastructure and housing able to minimize the damage caused by frequent and strong earthquakes, their seismic technology exports to Latin America and other countries.Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:07:00 +0100saudigazette-2db2dc88d227e6ba326867c120216e9e20151231220700