7661740 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://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201802110012.aspxTaipei, Feb. 11 (CNA) Taiwan expressed thanks Sunday to the international community for statements of concern and offers of assistance following a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that shook the eastern county of Hualien on Feb. 6, killing at least 16 and injuring 285.Sun, 11 Feb 2018 14:17:00 +0100focustaiwan-e3fd140567f74d4c608090107c312b6b20180211141700http://www.timescolonist.com/life/islander/rafting-the-pacific-1.23170564For the first time, scientists were able to observe directly the rafting of diverse living communities of coastal organisms from one continent to another. This is the longest documented transoceanic survival and dispersal of coastal species by rafting.Sun, 11 Feb 2018 14:07:00 +0100timescolonist-a8da2b8217d38919a51475b8a52f292b20180211140700http://www.thegardenisland.com/2018/02/11/hawaii-news/da-shadow-puhi-park-shelters/Editor’s note: Old-timers might still remember the introduction from The Shadow radio program: “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!” Jerome Freitas, a retired state Department of Transportation worker who is now better known as Da Shadow, since 2004 has been meeting....Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:09:00 +0100thegardenisland-2a09abbc2ec1dc6fe1e3805b4ce3bac920180211110900http://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-asciende-15-numero-muertos-terremoto-taiwan-20180211011851.htmlMADRID, 11 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) - Al menos 15 personas han muerto y otras 280 han resultado heridas a causa del potente terremoto que el martes sacudió la parte noreste de Taiwán, donde las autoridades aún continúan buscando a dos personas que continúan desaparecidas.Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:41:00 +0100europapress-3352d90a8eb3c822064c9cd185e6151b20180211104100