22670 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.lep.co.uk/news/environment/protesters-in-lancashire-march-along-preston-new-road-near-blackpool-calling-for-outright-ban-on-fracking-1-9967862Protesters in Lancashire marched against fracking to the beat of a drum and spurred on by passing car drivers tooting their horns. They were calling for nothing less than an outright ban on fracking after Monday saw a tremor measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale which was felt by many near the epicentre.Sat, 31 Aug 2019 19:52:00 +0200lep-42be4d0a4131accece8f9e387103147920190831195200https://ec.europa.eu/echo/aggregator_enWhile the level of insecurity has receded since mid-July following a local truce deal in Northwest Nigeria (Sokoto, Zamfara and Katsina states), a substantial number of people remain displaced in Nigeria and across the border in Niger. The latest data suggests that close to 100,000 people are displaced in these three states.Sat, 31 Aug 2019 04:32:00 +0200EC-dd60bd8cd3d3b636230e545f80378b6b20190831043200https://reliefweb.int/report/malaysia/malaysia-disaster-management-reference-handbook-june-2019Executive Summary. Malaysia is located in Southeast Asia bordering Thailand, Brunei, and Indonesia and consists of 13 states and 3 federal territories.Geographically, it is in a stable region, outside the Ring of Fire and south of major typhoon paths. However, Malaysia is often affected by other....Fri, 30 Aug 2019 23:01:00 +0200reliefWeb-ac5f67df7cbd1f2a15e47a0b45792fb920190830230100http://www.ekathimerini.com/244079/article/ekathimerini/news/43-magnitude-tremor-shakes-samos-islandTAGS: Earthquake Scientists say a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 has struck the eastern Aegean island of Samos. Athens’ Geodynamics Institute reports that the tremor struck at 6.30 p.m. Friday about 24 kilometers south of the island at a depth of 10 kilometers. No damage or injuries have been reported so far.Fri, 30 Aug 2019 22:39:00 +0200kathimerini-en-1dc5cfe765435dc762d4d3180cba2cec20190830223900