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.metrohk.com.hk/?cmd=detail&id=167166Residents bike through flood waters in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, hit by a tropical storm earlier this week.Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:37:00 +0200metrohkzhmetrohk-bac3da98cfe1295febcbe97b2fc4192d18.78702 98.999878http://www.nownews.com/2011/08/02/11490-2732235.htm〔記者林育綾╱綜合報導〕311東日本大地震造成許多家庭流離失所，寵物跟飼主也失散或被迫分離。微軟日本(Microsoft Japan) 與富士通(Fujitsu Corp) 近日開始提供一個「寵物搜索」平台，希望幫助更多人找回牠們心愛的寵物。Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:08:00 +0200nownewszhnownews-65b0711da5dd903843c4dd78be46d2a435.6831 139.809http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/190481/20110801/fukushima-daiichi-japan-robot-seal-earthquake.htmAt the Suisyoen retirement home 30 km (19 miles) south of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, elderly Japanese earthquake survivors are finding comfort in a plush, white robot.Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:30:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-33b9f1dd7f0ca7637de8fab2d9620bc6http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/190170/20110801/brent-at-6-week-high-atop-120-on-debt-progress.htmBrent crude futures hit a 6-week high on Monday, topping $120 a barrel, due to a relief rally after Washington reached a last-minute deal to escape default.Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:27:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-f66f1b834c003b1bbbee331f5788290638.9051 -77.0162http://www.nownews.com/2011/07/30/11490-2731603.htm〔記者楊伶雯╱台北報導〕宏達電29日召開法人說明會，公佈2011年第2季營運成果，包括季營收、獲利、每股盈餘都創下歷史新高，執行長周永明表示，「HTC團隊竭盡心力地在每一個產品上創造出獨特的使用者經驗，很高興看到這些努力在全球銷售量上有令人滿意的表現」；宏達電預估第3季銷售量約1350萬支，年增98%；營收約1370億元，季增10%，年增80%；營業毛利率約28%+0.5%間；營業淨利率約15%+0.5%間。Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:48:00 +0200nownewszhnownews-18192665572af32a9f2f86f03ebc45d5