412690 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.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/indonesias-toxic-haze-may-have-killed-10-000-people-report-xvwxx0tqbSmoke from forest fires in Indonesia killed more than 100,000 people last year, according to research into the deadly impact of what has become an annual environmental catastrophe. The scientific paper, published by scientists from Harvard and Columbia universities, estimates that between 26,300 and....Tue, 20 Sep 2016 05:24:00 +0200thesundaytimes-754e3917dfa126bfd1e9cf72cf656c9920160920052400http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-20/tsumani-of-young-girls-forced-to-marry-overseas-nsw-says/7860670School principals and teachers have reported girls as young as nine being taken overseas, where they are forced to marry, the New South Wales Government has said. Family and Community Services (FACS) Minister Brad Hazzard said there have been around 70 cases of girls being forced to marry overseas....Tue, 20 Sep 2016 04:38:00 +0200abc-au-812c50250cd9e6c781694e2187545d6220160920043800http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/ap/study-estimates-deaths-from-indonesia-haze/article_21c41b7c-e441-565d-bb2f-ff51d25eee9b.htmlJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks last year may have caused more than 100,000 deaths, according to new research that will add to pressure on Indonesia’s government to tackle the annual crisis.Tue, 20 Sep 2016 03:06:00 +0200virginislandsdailynews-2aef3135499cf34e8b200bc5249cb95c20160920030600http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/media/facebook-opens-up-disaster-safety-tool-for-users-1.1898780?utm_content=1.1898780&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Feeds&utm_campaign=Facebook+opens+up+disaster+safety+tool+for+users&localLinksEnabled=false&utm_term=Most+viewed+RSS+Dubai: A Facebook tool that allowed users to quickly signal that they are safe after a disaster or terror attack has now been handed over to users of the social media platform. The tool, Safety Check, was rolled out after the Japanese tsunami in 2011 to help people connect during natural disasters.Tue, 20 Sep 2016 01:08:00 +0200gulfnews-c43f6e5c1ef3049e0f5dfcdc3832493020160920010800