944140 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://bc.ctvnews.ca/driver-says-snow-plow-sent-tsunami-of-ice-at-vehicle-shattering-window-1.3222141A New Westminster woman had a terrifying drive home this week after a snow plow allegedly sent a chunk of ice into her vehicle, breaking a window. Mary Ann McKenzie said she was driving with her son eastbound on Highway 1 early Tuesday morning when they encountered the plow.Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:10:00 +0100barrie-a3dadecdddb36025369d4039bfe5df3f20161230181000http://www.thelocal.se/20161230/the-weirdest-swedish-new-years-eve-habit-explained-dinner-for-one-grevinnan-och-betjantenWe've watched it so you don't have to. Just kidding, your Swedish hosts will make you watch it whatever you say. No matter what you do on New Year's Eve in Sweden, there is one thing nearly all parties have in common: an 11-minute television interlude to watch a black-and-white sketch in English called 'Dinner for One' .Fri, 30 Dec 2016 17:30:00 +0100thelocal-se-503a528150c4922e25c66672e654c70a20161230173000https://panampost.com/maria-marty/2016/12/30/what-prevents-eradicating-poverty-within-ourselves/EspañolA few days ago, a 7.7 earthquake shook the south of Chile. Its epicenter was 67 kilometers northwest of Melinka, in Aysén, and generated a tsunami alert in certain coastal sectors of Los Lagos. It was felt in five regions of the country, but it was the southern area of Chiloé was the most affected.Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:38:00 +0100panampost-27a7031b1f59e2c4c30fd1e70a83302f20161230163800http://www.albayan.ae/one-world/overseas/2016-12-30-1.2811920أعلنت هيئة الجيوفيزياء الإندونيسية أن زلزالا بلغت قوته 6.6 درجات على مقياس ريختر ضرب منطقة قريبة من جزيرة سومبا شرق إندونيسيا . وذكرت الهيئة أن الزلزال - الذي وقع عند الساعة 0530 صباحاً بتوقيت شرق إندونيسيا " 22.30 من مساء الخميس بتوقيت جرينتش " - كان على عمق 91 كيلومتراً وحدث في المياه الواقعة بين جزيرتي سومبا وكومودو.Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:39:00 +0100albayan-43ba14aa19b99fb8e77da0287c3ba2f320161230153900