39050 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.straitstimes.com/singapore/travel-plans-hit-by-haze-some-insurers-wont-accept-claimsThe haze that blanketed Singapore and the region last year was the worst on record. Plumes of smoke from forest fires in Indonesia spread as far as the Philippines, causing health problems, school closures and flight cancellations. Some travellers who faced trip disruptions due to the haze have....Sun, 03 Jan 2016 22:21:00 +0100straitstimesSG-f1af5680ef160c522b5e9108f3580af720160103222100http://news.yahoo.com/image-asia-enjoying-ice-birthday-cake-stretch-134420059.htmlIn this photo by Joshua Paul, 11-year-old Sumatran orangutan Tsunami hangs on a rope while eating her ice birthday cake at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, where she also sampled a fruit platter. The species native to Sumatra island is endangered, particularly due to the loss of trees, its main habitat.Sun, 03 Jan 2016 20:31:00 +0100news-yahoo-574200bf7102a9cd5a23240cfd31596b20160103203100http://www.uniradioinforma.com/noticias/internacional/384127/japon-busca-extraer-combustible-nuclear-de-planta-de-fukushima.htmlTokio, 3 Ene (Notimex).- Tokyo Power Electric Co. (Tepco), la empresa gestora de la siniestrada central nuclear Fukushima Uno, enfrenta el desafío de retirar el combustible nuclear derretido de los tres reactores que sufrieron una fusión en 2011. A poco más de dos meses de que se cumplan cinco años....Sun, 03 Jan 2016 20:24:00 +0100uniradioinforma-83258c9ef0f460362a08d89a12a34ab320160103202400http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/energiepolitik/rwe-schadensersatzforderung-was-das-schon-wieder-kostet-13994347.htmlRWE-Schadensersatzforderung Was das schon wieder kostet. Bei der 2011 hastig beschlossenen Energiewende hat die Regierung Fehler gemacht. Für den Steuerzahler hat das jetzt ein teures Nachspiel. 03.01.2016, von Fast fünf Jahre ist die Katastrophe von Fukushima her, fast fünf Jahre lebt Deutschland nun mit einer hastig eingeführten Energiewende .Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:40:00 +0100faz-8738aeb70bd4dfd072438649330e903d20160103174000