14471320 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.lorientlejour.com/article/1027749/quatre-morts-dans-un-tremblement-de-terre-en-iran.htmlAu moins quatre personnes sont mortes vendredi lors d'un tremblement de terre d'une magnitude de 5,1 degrés sur l'échelle de Richter qui a frappé le sud de l'Iran, a rapporté la télévision d'Etat iranienne Irib. Le séisme s'est produit à 02h33 GMT (06h03 locales) dans la province de Fars (sud).Fri, 06 Jan 2017 09:44:00 +0100lorientlejour-a7ac9dbaa436e30ab3387985390b037f20170106094400http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jan/06/storms-hit-west-stream-east-20170106/BOISE, Idaho -- A winter storm has swept aside two long-standing snow records in Boise, Idaho, and is moving east as turbulent weather lined up across much of the country Thursday with watches covering large parts of the South. For Idaho, the National Weather Service said snow accumulating for....Fri, 06 Jan 2017 09:43:00 +0100arkansasonline-9924460c80bf0a066239ecb1735b80ef20170106094300http://wkrn.com/2017/01/06/rains-douse-worst-drought-conditions-in-southeast/BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Weeks of rains have eliminated the worst drought conditions in the Southeast, but nearly three-quarters of the region remains well below normal in rainfall. An analysis released Thursday by the National Drought Mitigation Center shows none of the Southeast is classified as being in an exceptional drought anymore.Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:53:00 +0100wkrn-410153351f811d3376dcc5894917032d20170106085300https://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/niigata-governor-tells-tepco-nuclear-plant-to-stay-shutNIIGATA. The governor of Niigata Prefecture has reiterated his opposition to the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Co’s (TEPCO’s) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, adding it may take a few years to review the pre-conditions for restart. During a meeting with TEPCO Chairman Fumio Sudo and President....Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:12:00 +0100japantoday-3e79b81899d3b74ff86caa577ff43d6820170106081200