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://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/177251/20110709/strong-earthquake-hits-japan-and-triggers-tsunami.htmA major 7.1 -magnitude earthquake struck off the Japan's northeastern coast on Sunday and the quake has triggered a small tsunami which has reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan.Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:03:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-11ead8cf42a83a889303a43500362aa935.6831 139.809http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/176998/20110709/tropical-storm-calvin-hurricane.htmTropical Storm Calvin grew stronger during the day on Friday, July 8, and by early afternoon he was on the verge of hurricane-strength. The TRMM satellite provided a look under the hood of the storm and noticed the heavy rainfall at the center of its heat engine.Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:12:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-a1245efbe9063ef498935afc23265ac2http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/176506/20110708/japan-earthquake-hits-fukushima-s-region.htmAn earthquake registering 5.6 on the Richter Scale shook the Pacific off Honshu, Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday.Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:50:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-f09537abbea6848efd9b0b3b33b48bb141.48045 140.252502http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/175509/20110706/new-zealand-earthquake-tsunami-cancelled.htmThe U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it has cancelled the tsunami warning and/or watch for New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and Tonga.Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:53:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-f3f03307286feb88fc75e915654444fc-41.3348 174.807-21.136 -175.216http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/176113/20110707/nasa-las-conchas-fire-los-alamos-national-laboratory-satellite-images-pictures-arizona-wallow-fire.htmNASA recently released a satellite image of Arizona Wallow Fire, which has expanded to cover 538,049 acres to become the largest forest fire in Arizona's history. As of July 4, the Wallow Fire has been 95 percent contained, according to the Arizona Information Network (AzEIN). The fire in New Mexico has spread to about 15,407 acres.Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:08:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-38a6b7d1626eba4b3dc5f7f17249343734.2924649547354 -111.664628834738http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/175722/20110707/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-william-and-kate-royal-couple-slave-lake.htmThe newly-wed Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Slave Lake in Alberta on Tuesday, a town ruined by a forest fire.Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:02:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-cac8b414409c40a06a8231cc9fdca7d855.279209 -114.767899http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/174601/20110705/oddly-pictures-2011-national-amputee-soccer-team-photo.htmSoccer players from Haiti's Zaryen team (in blue) and the national amputee team fight for the ball during a friendly match at the national stadium in Port-au-Prince January 10, 2011. Sprinting on their crutches at breakneck speed, the young soccer players who lost legs in Haiti's earthquake last....Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:54:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-5ed88d84699a5ec60f5e87eda2a46c15http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/172906/20110701/los-alamos-fire-2011-las-conchas-new-mexico-wildfire-national-laboratory.htmThe Las Conchas Wildfire burning near the Los Alamos National Laboratory is closing in on 100,000 acres. According to the Forest Service, the fire, which started on Sunday from unknown causes, is only 3 percent contained.Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:39:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-6857206f533d7b2b24a4ab42f7bab39549.4344901137451 -2.60696962401593http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/172903/20110701/photo-sun-shines-through-smoke-from-las-conchas-wildfire-in-los-alamos.htmThe sun shines through the smoke from the Las Conchas wildfire near the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, June 29, 2011.Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:39:00 +0200ibtimes-cnzhibtimes-cn-593b475a426b41a9a69a013be527f04729.89908 -104.674301