1400 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://www.mmtimes.com/news/100-schools-receive-earthquake-training.htmlA hundred basic education schools in the Yangon Region have been chosen for an earthquake awareness programme, according to U Win Shwe, director of the department of disaster management, Yangon Region. Schools with the highest potential of earthquake occurrence in Yangon Region were selected for....Fri, 06 Apr 2018 03:57:00 +0200mmtimes-3d40b9d0c67cbb361aae9149d62f5f5c20180406035700https://business-humanrights.org/en/china-ngo-challenges-hydropower-station-project-alleging-numerous-ecological-threats-flawed-environmental-impact-assessmentAuthor: Du Caicai, Li Rongde, Caixin (China) ...Trees have been felled and vegetation cleared upstream along the Xiaohei River in Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna prefecture to make way for a dam...Xiaohei River feeds the Luosuo River, a major tributary of the Mekong River...Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:10:00 +0100business-humanrights-ad6a97f9884369ce6dc7292c1a693a8720180323131000http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/13617According to the Ministry of Health and Sports, a 24 hours response network will be set up specifically to tackle emergency situations such as earthquakes. The network will be set up to deploy firefighters, ambulances and prep relevant healthcare places in case of damages and injuries as a result of....Thu, 22 Mar 2018 06:38:00 +0100elevenmyanmar-782ee5b5f91d79190f979eb79cfae06f20180322063800http://www.omanobserver.om/category/picture-of-the-day/STOCK TAKING: Forest officials on an elephant look at a one-horned rhino as they conduct a census of the endangered Cattlemen and women, known as drovers and most of them transplant recipients, ride on horseback on Bondi Beach in Sydney. GIANT LEAP: A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) jumps....Mon, 19 Mar 2018 06:08:00 +0100omanobserver-om-5b0447c208e0354a1618e0ca9be3d7ca20180319060800