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 materialhttp://www.ibtimes.com/articles/184942/20110722/new-zealand-earthquake-5-1-magnitude-earthquake-hits-christchurch.htmAn earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit New Zealand's Christchurch city on Friday morning, Xinhua reported.Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:11:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-df441a4ab1385746420aff4fc169cc7b-43.5235 172.638http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/184264/20110721/yen-weakens-despite-strong-economic-performance.htmThe Japanese yen weakened against the U.S. dollar and the euro on Thursday, despite improvements in the Japanese economic performance.Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:35:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-02fd07caa758dd303e4fa477733d42c6http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/184211/20110721/adele-katy-perry-kanye-west-top-mtv-video-music-awards-11-nominations-photos.htmContemporary heavy hitters Kanye West, Adele and Katy Perry lead the nominations race for this year's most exciting awards show, the MTV Video Music Awards.Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:35:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-ca9e34f38e56b8a39e345f9e76c525echttp://www.ibtimes.com/articles/183629/20110720/cows-ate-nuclear-contaminated-feed.htmMore than 1,000 beef cattle that ate feed contaminated with radioactive cesium have been shipped all over Japan from Fukushima and other prefectures, Kyodo news agency reported Wednesday, adding to anxiety after the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:01:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-2af6467521cd638bc49ef7d7492e52b641.48045 140.252502http://www.metrohk.com.hk/?cmd=detail&id=165924Frankfurt, Germany. The players Frankfurt, Germany. The players on Japan's women's World Cup team invoked the slow recovery from a devastating tsunami and earthquake time and again. Whatever they could do, they vowed, they would. True to their word, the gleaming World Cup trophy will ride back on....Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:53:00 +0200metrohkzhmetrohk-cb80234e308d269bf882499f3c40c74535.6831 139.80950.13 8.66817http://newyork.ibtimes.com/articles/182264/20110718/soccer-world-cup-women-japan-victory-glory-suffering-america-germany-maruyama-fukushima.htmBehind the refreshing victories in Women's World Cup, the Japanese team had gone through times of tears and struggles, as the nation was forced to cope with the devastating aftermath of triple disasters in March.Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:44:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-63ad744c44d59e2291f038a1c20b26e3http://chicago.ibtimes.com/articles/181902/20110718/frilly-pink-flower-power-lifts-disaster-hit-japan.htmNamed after a frilly pink flower, Japan's World Cup-winning women's soccer team embodied the iron-willed spirit of a nation united in its battle to recover from disaster.Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:30:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-0ef11906dfa6ca012ba3b097419e639d35.6831 139.809