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.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/08/04/Quake-hits-Russias-Kuril-Islands/UPI-44071312475081/SEVERO-KURIL'SK, Russia, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near Russian's Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean Thursday morning, U.S. seismologists said.Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:33:00 +0200upienupi-5dcc7c597fe16189cdbfd98b2dce178045.0679349162116 147.87646245570855.7388 37.6665http://dalje.com/en-world/quake-hits-russias-kuril-islands/374957SEVERO-KURIL'SK, Russia, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near Russian's Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean Thursday morning, U.S. seismologists said. The temblor that struck at 9:51 EDT was centered 142 miles south/southwest of Severo-Kuril'sk,...Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:55:00 +0200javno-enenjavno-en-5a0ebc5717e0694b2fdaacbf796a1bd945.0679349162116 147.87646245570855.7388 37.6665http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-08/03/content_13037201.htmBEIJING - For Anastasia Mikhaylets, a 15-year-old Russian girl who is on her first visit to China, the country's colors are red and green.Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:24:00 +0200chinadailyenchinadaily-a913682d751ed32f48565c2b881f3a0fhttp://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=311869&Itemid=102 de agosto de 2011, 14:04 Paris, Aug 2 (Prensa Latina) The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced Tuesday that the first global test of a tsunami early warning system will be conducted on Aug. 10.  Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:02:00 +0200prensa-latina-enenprensa-latina-en-5e8edc7ace4a10c780349510f29cce7548.8521 2.34899http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39210&Cr=tsunami&Cr1=Thirty-one countries are set to take part next week in a United Nations-backed test of the tsunami early warning system in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas, which have experienced strong seismic activity over the years, although less frequently than in the Pacific Ocean.Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:07:00 +0200un-orgenun-org-10c1e5002c8f2bda0a02570ae8d32fe041.40662 -95.01355