| Tue, 1 Feb 2011 Chinese visitors to Japan set to surge for holiday
| By Hyun Oh | TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Japan is expecting a surge in Chinese visitors during the lunar New Year holiday period, with tourists eager to snap up electronics and other goods in a welcome boost for retailers. | A record 9.44 million foreigners visited Japan ... | Collie proposed to host first WA carbon store
The WA Department of Mines and Petroleum says the State's first on-shore carbon capture and storage facility could be up and running within four years. | The Collie Hub would capture six million tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted from industry in the South West each year,... | Tasmanian spud growers say Simplot gave them a good hearing
Tasmanian potato growers expect to hear the outcome of price talks with processor Simplot within a fortnight. | Growers met Simplot management on Monday and asked for a return to 2009 potato prices; a rise of about 15 per cent. | Growers are seeking the rise to partiall... | Company moves to ease concerns about gold mine at Tomingley
Alkane Resources has met with residents with Tomingley in central western NSW to discuses the social and environmental impacts of the the town's proposed $95 million gold mine. | The residents presented their concerns about the potential noise, light and dusts from the ... | Residents claim 'secret deals' being made over Collector wind farm
A proposed wind farm at Collector, north of Canberra, is making locals angry. | Transfield Services' plans to install 80 turbines for $400 million have yet to be approved by the NSW Government. | Prime lamb producer at Collector, Rod Pahl, has teamed with another local,... | Weather History: February 2: Record Temps, Storms,Floods, Ice, Wind & Snow
| Meteorological events that happened on February 2nd: | 1789 | Extreme cold occurred on Ground Hog Day. It dropped to -28° at Hartford, CT and -18° near Philadelphia, PA. | 1893 | 35.73 inches of rain fell in 24 hours at Beerwah, Queensland, Australia. | 1898 | The n... | EPA, Army Corps of Engineers are at odds over Newhall Ranch
The corps is expected to issue a permit for Newhall Ranch construction, but the EPA is concerned about the increased potential for flooding in Santa Paula and Ventura. | Share By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times | February 2, 2011 Text Size A project to build a communit... | Recruiting blunders are taking their toll on UCLA
Bruins Coach Ben Howland says the program, which is now struggling, made mistakes by misidentifying or simply letting good prospects go to other schools. | 1 | | San Diego State's Kawhi Leonard may have been a star at Riverside King two years ago, but it wasn't e... | BOJ Kamezaki: Japan economy to emerge from lull soon
* Kamezaki: Japan heading toward an escape from deflation * Says very important for Japan to restore fiscal health (Adds quotes, background) By Leika Kihara SAGA, Japan, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan's economy will emerge from a lull shortly and is certain to pull out of defl... | Incompetence caused sailor's death, father tells inquest
| The parents of a navy sailor killed when an inflatable boat flipped and trapped him underwater say his death was foreseeable and the result of incompetence. | Bill Solomon and Jayne Carkeek told an inquest into the death of their son, Able Seaman Byron Solomon, 22, fo... | |
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