827140 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.thenational.ae/world/east-asia/russia-snubs-japans-dog-offer-ahead-of-putin-visitRussian president Vladimir Putin and his dog named Yume, which was presented to Mr Putin by Japan’s northern Akita Prefecture in July 2012, welcome Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe upon Mr Abe’s arrival in 2014. Kyodo / Reuters TOKYO // Russia has turned down Tokyo’s latest attempt at dog....Sun, 11 Dec 2016 13:17:00 +0100thenational-23dc65ecd3ce7cd20ca1bceffaa80c6e20161211131700http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/tennessee/2016/12/11/how-bad-2016-fire-season/95217380/By any measure, this year has been one of the deadliest and most damaging seasons for weather disasters in Tennessee history. A firestorm raced through Sevier County on Nov. 28, covering more than 17,000 acres, killing 14 people, displacing more than 14,000 residents and visitors, and destroying or damaging 2,460 homes and businesses.Sun, 11 Dec 2016 13:10:00 +0100tennessean-e968b5b9fb2a1d8f20277db0d643340c20161211131000http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/1157109/russia-snubs-japans-dog-diplomacy-ahead-of-putin-visitTOKYO - Russia has turned down Tokyo's latest attempt at dog diplomacy ahead of a summit between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later this month, an aide said, as the two leaders look to end a decades-old territorial row. Japan had planned to give the Russian president --....Sun, 11 Dec 2016 12:42:00 +0100BangkokPost-3516e8afe563e7876f1d747dc6def39020161211124200http://shabiba.com/article/166447/%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85/%d8%a3%d9%82%d9%88%d9%89-10-%d8%b2%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b2%d9%84-%d8%b6%d8%b1%d8%a8%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%b61 - زلزال فالديفيا أو تشيلي العظيم: 22 مايو 1960، ويعتبر حتى الآن الزلزال الأقوى على الإطلاق في تاريخ البشرية، بتقييم 9.5 على مقياس ريختر.. قتل ما يقرب من 1655 شخصا وأصيب 3آلاف آخرين وشرد مايقرب من 200 ألف كما وصلت قيمة الأضرار إلى 550 مليون دولار . 2- زلزال ألاسكا العظيم : 27 مارس 1964..Sun, 11 Dec 2016 12:31:00 +0100shabiba-bf41cb583f78082eed76585708cabb2e20161211123100