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...credentials. Accommodation ranges from triple cabins with shared facilities to suites aboard the good ship Akademik Shokalskiy. The rate for a diving expedition is $595 per person. tel: (1-203) 656 0499; www.quarkexpeditions.com If fishing is your thing, a trip to the Pantanal in western Brazil, one of the richest ecosystems in the world, will likely have you hooked. This vast wetland along the northern reaches of the Paraguay River is about the size of Britain, and is home to over 200 species of fish - making it a prime site for South American anglers. While you're waiting...
...Bulldogs on Saturday, it will earn itself a date with either the Big Green or the Saints in the final at 2 p.m. the following day. Incidentally, those are the two teams against which the Crimson has turned in its best performances of the season, and shares the richest and most dramatic recent histories...
...questions that get us in trouble. It's the answers ... I say thanks for all that I have learned from you. That's been my richest reward." --TOM BROKAW, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS...
...Chidambaram's proposals rather than voicing disappointment that he had not cut India's fiscal deficit aggressively or launched bold moves to open up the economy to foreign investment. Says Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, a Bombay-based conglomerate, and one of the country's richest men: "65% of our population is in the villages; you have to have a budget that addresses them." Empowering the poor, many businessmen say, will eventually widen the foundations of the boom. "The emphasis on health, education and fighting poverty will mean increased economic opportunities and spending power. The tech...
...ARRESTED. YOSHIAKI TSUTSUMI, 70, Japanese property tycoon once regarded as the world's richest man; on suspicion of insider trading and making false financial statements; in Tokyo. Tsutsumi developed a hotel-and-recreation empire out of his family's Seibu Railway business, but saw it shrink during the Japanese recession of the 1990s. Tsutsumi resigned as chairman of Seibu last year, and has admitted to falsifying records, although he and his lawyers have not commented on the case...