1064160 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.chinapost.com.tw/asia/indonesia/2016/12/31/488107/Magnitude-62.htmTOLOTANGGA, Indonesia -- A magnitude 6.2 earthquake on Friday hit a region in the eastern part of Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The earthquake hit about 6:30 a.m. in the Sumbawa region, the agency said. The epicenter was about 33 kilometers south of the village of Tolotangga, which....Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:17:00 +0100ChinaPost-a152dc1952bb1ed1aa1ff158dc352b1220161230191700http://latinamericacurrentevents.com/ecuador-esmeraldas-manabi-inaugurates-early-warning-system-for-natural-disasters/37614/Ecuador beaches have for the first time a modern early warning system. andes.info.ec Guayaquil, December 30 (Andes) .- The government of Ecuador inaugurated Friday a modern early warning system on the beaches of the provinces of Esmeraldas and Manabi, the most affected by the earthquake last April....Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:00:00 +0100latinamericacurrentevents-0878f940dc870a1cf9ad712ce16c1cbc20161230190000http://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-503a528150c4922e25c66672e654c70a20161230173000