957140GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Revised budget unveiled for Tokyo Games Tokyo Olympic organizers have unveiled a revised budget for the 2020 Summer Games. They said total costs were down from a recent proposal, but the figure was still more than double the original estimate.http://www.dw.com/en/revised-budget-unveiled-for-2020-tokyo-olympics/a-36856723Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics announced Wednesday they estimated the total costs to host the 2020 Games would be between 1.6 trillion and 1.8 trillion yen ($15-$16.8 billion, 14.4-16.2 billion). The official cost estimate was slightly below the promised 2-trillion-yen cap, with operational....Thu, 22 Dec 2016 06:06:00 +0100deutschewelle-en-cee54bc18f40a018f2ec86378d52595820161222060600Watch: Christchurch family whose home was burgled during tsunami evacuation get special visit from adorable police dog pups The Mill family are still trying to recover from having their home targeted.https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/watch-christchurch-family-whose-home-burgled-during-tsunami-evacuation-get-special-visit-adorable-police-dog-pupsA Christchurch family who were burgled during the November 14 tsunami threat evacuation have had a special visit from some adorable police dog puppies. The Mill family evacuated their home following the 7.8 earthquake. They returned home to find a hearing aid device and other items had gone. Source: 1 NEWS.Thu, 22 Dec 2016 06:06:00 +0100tvnz-9f7360e4ed9217916fb0a75e289b0f4120161222060600Terremoto de 6,6 grados sacude Indonesiahttp://www.mdzol.com/nota/710310-terremoto-de-6-6-grados-sacude-indonesia/Un terremoto de 6,6 en la escala de Richter sacudió hoy el este de Indonesia, según informó la agencia geofísica local. El sismo ocurrió a las 9:17 (00:17 GMT) y su epicentro se ubicó 184 kilómetros al noreste de Maluku Barat Daya, en las Islas Molucas, a una profundidad de 173 kilómetros.Thu, 22 Dec 2016 05:44:00 +0100mdzol-4fe07f4fb6ad090b16a0ec631dcc4dfe20161222054400GeoNet to receive funding boost to monitor earthquakeshttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11771821&ref=rssGeoNet will get initial funding of up to $3 million to improve how it monitors and responds to natural hazards such as earthquakes. The funding boost comes after scrutiny of the official response to the Kaikoura earthquake, particularly how quickly a tsunami alert was issued.Thu, 22 Dec 2016 05:23:00 +0100nzherald-0cd534140b7b1b098303ec6c33bf8fe420161222052300