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/132123/20110408/us-stocks-world-market-overview.htmU.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday after a major aftershock in Japan triggered new fears about a nuclear crisis, but better-than-expected jobless claims data and monthly retail sales data held losses in check.Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:57:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-dfaed91225b4d06c5a018558e86da37435.6831 139.809http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/131984/20110407/japan-april-7-earthquake.htmA 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Japan at 11:32 p.m. local time on Thursday in the same area as the initial March 11 9.0-magnitude earthquake killing two people and injuring more than 100in the northeastern Japan.Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:54:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-17195010e53fc012a40345f54c0f963f35.6831 139.809http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/126859/20110325/earthquake-tsunami-support-japan-relief-effort-luxe-brands.htmThe earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan has left the country reeling. Luckily there are plenty of intrepid companies that have creative and luxurious ways to support the island nation as it gets back on its feet.Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:50:00 +0100ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-f4c58c6970b6303f78997ed71d359d5fNaturalDisasters35.6831 139.809http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/126712/20110325/earthquake-myanmar-thailand-killed-damage.htmA powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake killed at least 26 people in Tali village in north-east Myanmar on Thursday night, while one woman was reported to have died in Thailand, reports say.Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:12:00 +0100ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-32e5cdd96ba779e523ee483d45455900NaturalDisasters16.8722 96.124913.7308 100.521http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/126702/20110325/china-thailand-earthquake.htmAt least 25 people have been killed in Myanmar as a 6.8 earthquake rattled buildings and nerves.Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:41:00 +0100ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-6da9c763d5b46aee0796ec24f7da2023NaturalDisasters16.8722 96.1249http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/126622/20110324/quakes-myanmar-earthquake.htmA 7.2 magnitude earthquake and a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Myanmar, close to the Thai and Laotian borders, according to the China Seismological Information.Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:36:00 +0100ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-68d79031fbd00219423d1073271ffaeaNaturalDisasters16.8722 96.1249http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/124750/20110321/warren-buffett-says-japan-quake-presents-buying-opportunity.htmBillionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Monday that Japanese stocks were good investments after the deadly earthquake that hit the world's third-biggest economy last week.Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:10:00 +0100ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-e4e1d74b511d158dca420bba3e339f05NaturalDisasters35.6831 139.809http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/33262012/IssueID/20110321【綜合報導】台灣時間昨天凌晨剛過，西方多國部隊展開代號「奧德賽破曉行動」（Operation Odyssey Dawn），由法國發第一砲，空襲北非國家利比亞，欲於該國北部上空執行禁航區任務，遏阻獨裁者格達費武力鎮壓反抗軍。利比亞指空襲造成最少64人死亡，150人受傷，並聲稱死傷多是兒童。格達費更上電視指空襲是「殖民主義者的十字軍侵略」。 利比亞時間周六晚上6時45分（台灣時間昨晨零時45分），在國際峰會就空襲達成共識後2個多小時，法國率先發難，派出20架飆風（Rafale）和幻象（Mirage）戰機，空襲意圖掃蕩反抗勢力的政府軍，4輛坦克在班加西市郊被擊毀。班加西是利國第二大城，也是反抗軍大本營....Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:44:00 +0100appledaily-twzhappledaily-tw-0ce24ac489252d8fcb2fcc7d975d74d2NaturalDisasters