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...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 for the fish to bite, you can spot giant otters, jaguar, anteaters, monkeys and huge guinea pig-like capybaras. There are also over 300 species of bird, ranging from toucans to the magnificent 1.2-m jabiru...
...first time he can remember, India's richest film-maker is having trouble with his math. Specifically, how 600,000 goes into 175. The first figure is the population of Dharavi, Asia's most populous slum, which he's currently exploring. The second is the number of hectares Dharavi covers in Bombay, an area half the size of New York City's Central Park. In a different life, Shekhar Kapur spent seven years crunching numbers as a corporate planner for a multinational oil company. He surveys the tiny one-room lean-tos where teeming families live shoulder to shoulder...
...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...
...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...