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.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10484485&ref=rssOne of two men who died when fire engulfed their camping hut in the Urewera National Park was an expert trout guide who survived the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan. The men, found at the Pakiaka Hut late on Boxing Day, are both...2007-12-27T18:08+0100nzheraldennzherald-cc0665b0dd159f0635743ce3eca6af6720071227180800http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=328588&referrer=RSSThe ancient Iranian city of Bam was hit by a mild earthquake almost four years to the day after a catastrophic quake there killed tens of thousands of people, state media reported on Wednesday. Elsewhere, earthquakes shook buildings in Venezuela, Japan and Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday and Wednesday.2007-12-26T10:18+0100MailGuardianenMailGuardian-3700be36f0a69d47a61614e2141a68d0NaturalDisasters20071226101800http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/2007/12/26/136401/Magnitude%2D6%2E0.htmA magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 62 miles (100 km) northeast of the city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.2007-12-26T04:26+0100ChinaPostenChinaPost-25baa4ceb3725ab9d82dbc7ab1e31e86NaturalDisasters20071226042600http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/25/content_7312630.htmTOKYO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 jolted northeastern Japan late Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage from the 11:04 p.m. (1404 GMT) quake. No tsunami warning was issued.2007-12-25T17:40+0100xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-aa430584e22642b38da2ae877bd2d19aNaturalDisasters20071225174000http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/12/25/worldupdates/2007-12-25T201450Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-311137-2&sec=WorldupdatesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 100 km northeast of the city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.2007-12-25T16:39+0100thestarenthestar-41015ea6acd44d2b99e67eb86af5b1adNaturalDisasters20071225163900http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2007/12/25/magnitude-6-0-quake-hits-northern-japan-89520-20265469/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 62 miles (100 km) northeast of the city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.2007-12-25T16:17+0100themirrorenthemirror-388a052312ad4811f4fa4f382be3d4faNaturalDisasters20071225161700http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25326960.htm(Updates with verified magnitude of 6.0) WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 62 miles (100 km) northeast of the city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It said the quake struck 30 miles (48 km) deep off the eastern coast of the main island of Honshu at 11:04 p.2007-12-25T16:03+0100alertnetenalertnet-d0dc5ab71db68587cf8142aea5879913NaturalDisasters20071225160300http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2007/12/25/magnitude-6-2-quake-hits-northern-japan-89520-20265462/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 67 miles (108 km) northeast of the east coast city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.2007-12-25T16:02+0100themirrorenthemirror-84e913e5518cc8e11611a923f4fe449020071225160200http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/12/25/worldupdates/2007-12-25T195438Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-311137-1&sec=WorldupdatesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 108 km northeast of the east coast city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.2007-12-25T15:54+0100thestarenthestar-a7a890ba0a4b3bd3a48a0c1bb8d2961920071225155400http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25326728.htmWASHINGTON, Dec 25 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 67 miles (108 km) northeast of the east coast city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It said the quake, only 29.5 miles (47.5 km) deep, struck at 1404 GMT.2007-12-25T15:33+0100alertnetenalertnet-a4382f0f5ed2a2d5e49a3f2e5732895320071225153300http://139.191.254.108/Wires/reuters-en/071225/reuters-en-403316747233ec74dacbd8ff8da2ea03.htmlWASHINGTON, Dec 25 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 67 miles (108 km) northeast of the east coast city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It said the quake, only 29.5 miles (47.5 km) deep, struck at 1404 GMT.2007-12-25T15:27+0100reuters-enenreuters-en-403316747233ec74dacbd8ff8da2ea0320071225152700http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2532672820071225?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 67 miles northeast of the east coast city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.2007-12-25T15:27+0100reutersenreuters-4692a2c256aeeb53180a7c90613900f820071225152700