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.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2027998/Segway-tycoon-Jimi-Heselden-killed-scooters-leaves-340m-will.html?ITO=1490Jimi Heselden, 62, was found in the River Wharfe at Boston Spa, near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, after accidentally plunging from a 42ft cliff last September.Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:55:00 +0200mailonsundayenmailonsunday-a655cfc4b53e502b02969f2df4e9de03http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2027998/Segway-tycoon-Jimi-Heselden-killed-scooters-leaves-340m-will.html?ITO=1490Jimi Heselden, 62, was found in the River Wharfe at Boston Spa, near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, after accidentally plunging from a 42ft cliff last September.Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:00:00 +0200dailymailendailymail-a655cfc4b53e502b02969f2df4e9de03http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/19/segway-jimi-heselden-willHeselden died in cliff fall in September 2010 while apparently riding a scooter manufactured by his own company A businessman who died while apparently riding a Segway scooter built by his own company has left an estate of more than £340m to his family.Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:40:00 +0200guardianenguardian-78df317d6bfb0a70f24e49df8a90c778http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-tour-strategy-20110817,0,2451394.story?track=rssDuring a three-day tour by bus of the Midwest, President Obama provided an early snapshot of his reelection strategy, one in which he’ll try to convince voters that his approach offers the rational path and seek to define Republicans as so unwilling to compromise they would risk financial chaos.Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:54:00 +0200latimesenlatimes-0d2fc46f4560c57ef673eb55d65e5ff9http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011/08/17/story_17-8-2011_pg3_1According to a report published in the Wall Street Journal, “The White House has started awarding billions of dollars in security assistance to Pakistan conditional on whether Islamabad shows progress on a secret scorecard of US objectives to combat al Qaeda and its militant allies and ease tensions.Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:36:00 +0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-b47d0acdbd2245e6361cc39a41c817bf33.6720975481027 73.1199168898287http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/15/remarks-president-town-hall-meeting-decorah-iowaRelease Time: For Immediate Release Seed Savers Exchange Decorah, Iowa 5:17 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Decorah! (Applause.) Hello, Iowa! (Applause.) It is good to be back. This place is as pretty as I remembered it. (Applause.) It is spectacular. Everybody please have a seat. Everybody have a seat.Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:17:00 +0200WhitehouseenWhitehouse-1a2f2857d8fe01a0c98f4b782cc748da42.0746200841834 -93.5000382397323http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/a-rain-that-could-stop-a-platoon/?partner=rss&emc=rssWhat drove a platoon back to base in eastern Afghanistan last Thursday was not enemy fire or a roadside bomb. It was the sky opening up with all it had.Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:25:00 +0200IHTenIHT-80b4c35826f9a1af784751501fb8a79034.5309 69.136757http://ftpapp.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148317&Itemid=38“My brothers and sisters Dear countrymen Asalam-o-Alaikum Today is the Independence Day of our dear homeland, Pakistan. I congratulate the entire nation and overseas Pakistanis on this auspicious occasion from the core of my heart. First of all, I pay my rich homage to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali....Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:54:00 +0200app-enenapp-en-d0ecd464a45ab17ce7f17a520d1066c033.718151 73.060547http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/08/12/The-almanac/UPI-88291313136000/Today is Friday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 2011 with 141 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury and Saturn. The evening stars are Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include English poet laureate Robert Southey in....Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:55:00 +0200upienupi-10a692cdf2e52b747ef5060793341f96http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/09/sweeping-powers-civil-contingencies-actCurfews, confiscation of property and deployment of armed forces among options under Civil Contingencies Act 2004 Curfews, bans on travel, assembly and "other specified activities", confiscation of property with or without compensation, and, most drastically, the deployment of the armed forces on....Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:05:00 +0200guardianenguardian-aa830e47f54ff1f9b48d3a36868d17e1http://allafrica.com/stories/201108091348.htmlTo be honest, these may not be the best of times in Nigeria. This is especially considering some of the political, economic and social developments in the country that have left sadness, despair, uncertainty, fear, insecurity and vulnerability in their wake.Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:19:00 +0200allafricaenallafrica-930c1ca75b5e2517fdcc9119df17a0ba9.172945 7.179924http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/08/06/1395832/emily-reforms-moving-away-from.htmlTags: Tropical Weather MIAMI -- Former Tropical Storm Emily has regenerated as a weak tropical depression, but it is expected to move away from the Bahamas and the U.S. Coast on Sunday. The National Hurricane Center said late Saturday afternoon that Emily was 70 miles (113 kilometers)....Sun, 07 Aug 2011 04:14:00 +0200antiguanewsenantiguanews-fc5ad958b5c136ae55668a231f0d070c25.0672 -77.3402http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56766Standing in the busy main market place of Mingora, it is hard to think that just two years ago this city in Swat district was under the tyranny of the Taliban.Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:52:00 +0200ipsnewsenipsnews-70de31e8fb2a0667f31afdefb8fdbd5233.718151 73.060547