38250 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 https://es.noticias.yahoo.com/ha-encogido-el-everest-los-cientificos-volveran-a-medirlo-093706941.htmlLa popular cifra de 8.848 metros (o 29.029 pies si lo prefieren) ha sido durante décadas la altura oficial del monte Everest, el pico más alto de nuestro planeta. Se trata de una medición que hasta hace poco levantaba cierta polémica entre las diversas expediciones que se han realizado para conocer su altura exacta.Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:10:00 +0100es-noticias-ca48b1d407af1c727d78d6b43e9d71c920170208121000http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/wn/newsworld.php?id=1327531BANGKOK, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- Thailand's Social Security Office is paying compensation to those currently jobless after their workplaces were severely damaged by floods, the agency's secretary general Suradej Waleeittikul confirmed on Wednesday, China's Xinhua News Agency reported.Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:06:00 +0100bernama-e31de6c031cb9c7133051a8abfd56a5b20170208120600http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/home/234246/rosenallis-couple-sue-laois-county-council-over-flooding.htmlA Rosenallis man has told the High Court that flood waters flowed across his property like "a small tsunami" before entering and causing extensive damage to his family home. Mr Chris Mahon said that he heard what seemed like a cracking noise before just before water from a local stream flooded his home and property in November 2014.Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:06:00 +0100leinsterexpress-679f8229177ece299829127b4200274720170208110600http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38902672Image copyright James Cook University Image caption The landslide is about 30 times the size of Uluru. Scientists have discovered evidence of a massive ancient undersea landslide next to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The Gloria Knolls Slide is at least 300,000 years old and 32 cubic km in volume,....Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:02:00 +0100bbc-e691655c4e1edb29c6a6b7e31258445120170208110200