A sign is seen outside the Griddlers Cafe, close to the London 2012 Olympics Games site on the Regent's Canal, in east London March 19, 2012. The nine-mile (14.5 kilometre) Regent's Canal is one of the capital's best-kept secrets. Largely hidden behind buildings, the line sneaks its way through a rich collage of urban landscapes. Starting at the houseboats of Little Venice, it wends its way through Camden Lock and fashionable East London, and bypasses the site of London 2012 Olympic Games before ending in Limehouse Basin. Picture taken March 19, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TRAVEL) ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 04 OF 36 FOR PICTURE PACKAGE 'DOWN THE REGENT'S CANAL' 

A man walks past a gate of a car conversion store, close to the London 2012 Olympics Games site on the Regent's Canal in east London March 19, 2012. The nine-mile (14.5 kilometre) Regent's Canal is one of the capital's best-kept secrets. Largely hidden behind buildings, the line sneaks its way through a rich collage of urban landscapes. Starting at the houseboats of Little Venice, it wends its way through Camden Lock and fashionable East London, and bypasses the site of London 2012 Olympic Games before ending in Limehouse Basin. Picture taken March 19, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TRAVEL) ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 03 OF 36 FOR PICTURE PACKAGE 'DOWN THE REGENT'S CANAL' 

Car air fresheners hang on barbed wire close to the London 2012 Olympics Games site on the Regent's Canal in east London March 22, 2012. The nine-mile (14.5 kilometre) Regent's Canal is one of the capital's best-kept secrets. Largely hidden behind buildings, the line sneaks its way through a rich collage of urban landscapes. Starting at the houseboats of Little Venice, it wends its way through Camden Lock and fashionable East London, and bypasses the site of London 2012 Olympic Games before ending in Limehouse Basin. Picture taken March 22, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TRAVEL) ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 02 OF 36 FOR PICTURE PACKAGE 'DOWN THE REGENT'S CANAL' 

A man rows past the Olympic stadium along the Regent's Canal, close to the London 2012 Olympic Games site in east London March 22, 2012. The nine-mile (14.5 kilometre) Regent's Canal is one of the capital's best-kept secrets. Largely hidden behind buildings, the line sneaks its way through a rich collage of urban landscapes. Starting at the houseboats of Little Venice, it wends its way through Camden Lock and fashionable East London, and bypasses the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games before ending in Limehouse Basin. Picture taken March 22, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TRAVEL) ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 01 OF 36 FOR PICTURE PACKAGE 'DOWN THE REGENT'S CANAL' 

A woman reads a newspaper in a garden along the footpath of the Regent's Canal in Little Venice in London, March 24, 2012. The nine-mile (14.5-kilometre) Regent's Canal is one of the capital's best-kept secrets. Largely hidden behind buildings, the line sneaks its way through a rich collage of urban landscapes. Starting at the houseboats of Little Venice, it wends its way through Camden Lock and fashionable East London, and bypasses the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games before ending in Limehouse Basin. Picture taken March 24, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TRAVEL) ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 32 OF 36 FOR PICTURE PACKAGE 'DOWN THE REGENT'S CANAL' 

"UAZ automobile" exhibit, made amber and which costs about $650,000, is displayed during the "Junwex. Petersburg" jewelry exhibition in St. Petersburg, February 1, 2012. The exhibition presented the works of Russian and foreign jewellery producers. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Visitors look at a giant monopoly board with a miniature White House near a tent city, erected by protesters inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London November 7, 2011. Most London City workers believe there is too great a gap between rich and poor in Britain and that traders, company bosses and stockbrokers are paid too much, a survey by a think-tank linked to St Paul's cathedral said on Monday. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

ATTENTION EDITORS - IMAGE 15 OF 22 OF PICTURE PACKAGE '7 BILLION, 7 STORIES - OVERCROWDED IN HONG KONG. SEARCH 'MONG KOK' FOR ALL IMAGES - An elderly resident poses in his cubicle in Mong Kok district in Hong Kong, October 4, 2011. Mong Kok has the highest population density in the world, with 130,000 in one square kilometre. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. While more people are living longer and healthier lives, says the U.N., gaps between rich and poor are widening and more people than ever are vulnerable to food insecurity and water shortages. Picture taken October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

An artwork of rabbits pounding "mochi" or rice-cakes, decorated with 20g of 24K gold, is displayed during an unveiling in Tokyo November 25, 2010. Ginza Tanaka unveiled the artwork, sized at 3.2cm (1.2 inches) in height and 5cm (1.9 inches) in width ahead of next year, which is the year of the rabbit. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) 

An aerial view of residences on The Palm Jumeirah are seen in Dubai December 21, 2009. Dubai World disappointed creditors on Monday by making little progress on securing standstill on $22 billion of debt, as a key creditor meeting turned out to be a tame affair with less than half the expected attendees showing up. Picture taken December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Matthias Seifert (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: CITYSCAPE BUSINESS) 

An aerial view of Atlantis hotel is seen with The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai December 21, 2009. Dubai World disappointed creditors on Monday by making little progress on securing standstill on $22 billion of debt, as a key creditor meeting turned out to be a tame affair with less than half the expected attendees showing up. Picture taken December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Matthias Seifert (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: CITYSCAPE BUSINESS) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE SEE: GM1E7AP02P701 

African delegates gather for a meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 15, 2009. A protest by African nations accusing rich countries of doing too little to cut greenhouse gas emissions slowed U.N. climate talks on Monday just four days before world leaders are due to forge a deal in Copenhagen. REUTERS/Bob Strong (DENMARK - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) 

Atlanta Thrashers Bryan Little (10) celebrates his goal against Montreal Canadiens with teammate Rich Peverley (top) during the first period of their NHL hockey action in Montreal, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

A woman from a group of troubled homeowners and buyers who are affected by the country's economic downturn looks out of a window in an apartment where they are conducting a hunger strike in Almaty March 31, 2009. Frustrated and angry, unlucky home buyers have blamed the government and staged a series of protests this year -- a rare outburst of discontent in a country where long-serving President Nusultan Nazarbayev tolerates little dissent. Although small, the protests have highlighted growing unease with state policies as incomes nosedived with the crisis in the resource-rich Central Asian country. The sign reads 'Hungerstrike'. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A construction site is seen next to an old house in Almaty, April 2, 2009. Frustrated and angry, unlucky home buyers have blamed the government and staged a series of protests this year -- a rare outburst of discontent in a country where long-serving President Nusultan Nazarbayev tolerates little dissent. Although small, the protests have highlighted growing unease with state policies as incomes nosedived with the crisis in the resource-rich Central Asian country. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Women from a group of troubled homeowners and buyers who are affected by the country's economic downturn are pictured during a hunger strike in Almaty March 31, 2009. Frustrated and angry, unlucky home buyers have blamed the government and staged a series of protests this year -- a rare outburst of discontent in a country where long-serving President Nusultan Nazarbayev tolerates little dissent. Although small, the protests have highlighted growing unease with state policies as incomes nosedived with the crisis in the resource-rich Central Asian country. The sign reads 'Hungerstrike'. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A woman from a group of troubled homeowners and buyers who are affected by the country's economic downturn is pictured during a hunger strike in Almaty March 31, 2009. Frustrated and angry, unlucky home buyers have blamed the government and staged a series of protests this year -- a rare outburst of discontent in a country where long-serving President Nusultan Nazarbayev tolerates little dissent. Although small, the protests have highlighted growing unease with state policies as incomes nosedived with the crisis in the resource-rich Central Asian country. The sign reads 'Hungerstrike'. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A woman from a group of troubled homeowners and buyers who are affected by the country's economic downturn is pictured during a hunger strike in Almaty March 31, 2009. Frustrated and angry, unlucky home buyers have blamed the government and staged a series of protests this year -- a rare outburst of discontent in a country where long-serving President Nusultan Nazarbayev tolerates little dissent. Although small, the protests have highlighted growing unease with state policies as incomes nosedived with the crisis in the resource-rich Central Asian country. The sign reads 'Hungerstrike'. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Women from a group of troubled homeowners and buyers who are affected by the country's economic downturn are pictured during a hunger strike in Almaty March 31, 2009. Frustrated and angry, unlucky home buyers have blamed the government and staged a series of protests this year -- a rare outburst of discontent in a country where long-serving President Nusultan Nazarbayev tolerates little dissent. Although small, the protests have highlighted growing unease with state policies as incomes nosedived with the crisis in the resource-rich Central Asian country. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Women from a group of troubled homeowners and buyers who are affected by the country's economic downturn are pictured during a hunger strike in Almaty March 31, 2009. Frustrated and angry, unlucky home buyers have blamed the government and staged a series of protests this year -- a rare outburst of discontent in a country where long-serving President Nusultan Nazarbayev tolerates little dissent. Although small, the protests have highlighted growing unease with state policies as incomes nosedived with the crisis in the resource-rich Central Asian country. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A woman from a group of troubled homeowners and buyers who are affected by the country's economic downturn is pictured during a hunger strike in Almaty March 31, 2009. Frustrated and angry, unlucky home buyers have blamed the government and staged a series of protests this year -- a rare outburst of discontent in a country where long-serving President Nusultan Nazarbayev tolerates little dissent. Although small, the protests have highlighted growing unease with state policies as incomes nosedived with the crisis in the resource-rich Central Asian country. The sign reads 'Hungerstrike'. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Relatives attend the funeral of Georgi Stoev, an author of a series of books on the emergence of Bulgaria's underworld, who was shot in front of a hotel in central Sofia in this April 10, 2008 file photo. Little over a year after joining the rich boys club, European Union newcomer Bulgaria has seen its reputation hit a low, marred by its failure to tame chronic graft and crime. Sceptic EU members question the decision to let Bulgaria and Romania join the bloc so early and are pushing Brussels to impose sanctions against Sofia, whose list of misdeeds is mounting: More than 150 unsolved high-profile contract killings this decade; suspected fraud with EU funds and police officers passing secrets to drug traffickers; failure to charge a single high-level official with corruption. Picture taken April 10, 2008. To match feature BULGARIA-CORRUPTION/ REUTERS/Oleg Popov (BULGARIA) 

Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev leaves parliament in Sofia after his Socialist-led government survived a no-confidence vote over lack of progress in fighting organised crime in this April 11, 2008 file photo. Little over a year after joining the rich boys club, European Union newcomer Bulgaria has seen its reputation hit a low, marred by its failure to tame chronic graft and crime. Sceptic EU members question the decision to let Bulgaria and Romania join the bloc so early and are pushing Brussels to impose sanctions against Sofia, whose list of misdeeds is mounting: More than 150 unsolved high-profile contract killings this decade; suspected fraud with EU funds and police officers passing secrets to drug traffickers; failure to charge a single high-level official with corruption. To match feature BULGARIA-CORRUPTION/ REUTERS/Oleg Popov/Files (BULGARIA) 

Lily models the Penelope gown, inspired by the gown worn by Penelope Cruz to the Oscars in 2007, at Little Lily in Los Angeles, California February 18, 2008. Pet fashion label Little Lily has designed a range of dog clothes inspired by the actual gowns worn by A-listers on the Oscar red carpet. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) 

Children of scavengers look at the camera on the outskirts of Lahore February 17, 2008. Pakistan's poorest doubt the super-rich political leaders vying for votes in Monday's election see them as even human, so see little chance of change whoever comes to power. Just like their parents, none of the children has ever been to school and all but the youngest have to help to scrape a living recycling paper and plastic. REUTERS/Jon Hemming (PAKISTAN) 

An assistant shows a gold tie clip in the form of a Russian Kalashnikov assault rifle during a jewellery exhibition, Junwex, in St.Petersburg, February 6, 2008. The International exhibition, Junwex, has opened its twenty sixth season in St.Petersburg. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA) 

A Wood Sandpiper (bottom R) looks for food in a tidal pool as a group of Canada Geese stand on the shore behind in Jamaica Bay along the Eastern shore of the Gateway National Recreation Area National Park in the Brooklyn Section of New York City, August 3, 2007. A new study shows that New York's wildlife-rich saltwater marsh islands within Jamaica Bay, a sensitive tidal bird and fish habitat near JFK International Airport, are disappearing faster than had been known due to rapid degradation that may be caused by dumping of treated sewage and a cutting off of sediments that feed the marshes. Some 20 percent of America's sensitive migratory bird species stop in Jamaica Bay's marshes. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES) 

A "wagyu" beef hamburger, priced at 13,450 yen ($112), is served at the Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo May 1, 2007. The burger is more than twice as expensive as the hotel's main burger and over 40 times as pricey as a McDonald's staple set. Picture taken May 1, 2007. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota (JAPAN) 

Comedian Rich Little (R) arrives for a party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 21, 2007. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Comedian Rich Little impersonates former U.S. President George H. W. Bush at the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington April 21, 2007. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES) 

Comedian Rich Little impersonates former U.S. president Richard Nixon at the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington April 21, 2007. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES) 

Comedian Rich Little arrives for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 21, 2007. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Comedian Rich Little gives an interview as he arrives for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 21, 2007. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Comedian Rich Little and his wife Marie arrive for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 21, 2007. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

A very rare Faberge miniature chair is seen at Sotheby's auction house, in New York, April 10, 2007, prior to going on public display tomorrow. The chair is being sold along with Russian paintings, sculpture, silver and porcelain at auction on April 16 and 17 and is expected to bring between $1-1.5m. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES) 

A farmer suns straw in Jinshan district on the outskirts of Shanghai March 6, 2007. Corruption, rural issues and the rich-poor divide topped the list of priorities for some delegates to the opening session of China's annual meeting of parliament on Monday. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA) 

A model presents a creation by Litira at "Tokyo Girls Collection" 2007 Spring/Summer in Yokohama, south of Tokyo March 3, 2007. In a giant stadium outside Tokyo, the women crowded around a cross-shaped catwalk for the "Tokyo Girls Collection", a six-hour extravaganza featuring T-shirts and jewellery from labels such as Rich and Cecil McBee, little known outside Japan but popular among local students. Picture taken March 3, 2007. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN) 

A model presents a creation by Sword Fish at "Tokyo Girls Collection" 2007 Spring/Summer in Yokohama, south of Tokyo March 3, 2007. In a giant stadium outside Tokyo, the women crowded around a cross-shaped catwalk for the "Tokyo Girls Collection", a six-hour extravaganza featuring T-shirts and jewellery from labels such as Rich and Cecil McBee, little known outside Japan but popular among local students. Picture taken March 3, 2007. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN) 

People watch a creation by Sword Fish at Tokyo Girls Collection 2007 Spring/Summer in Yokohama, south of Tokyo March 3, 2007. In a giant stadium outside Tokyo, the women crowded around a cross-shaped catwalk for the "Tokyo Girls Collection", a six-hour extravaganza featuring T-shirts and jewellery from labels such as Rich and Cecil McBee, little known outside Japan but popular among local students. Picture taken March 3, 2007. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN) 

People watch a creation by Sword Fish at Tokyo Girls Collection 2007 Spring/Summer in Yokohama, south of Tokyo March 3, 2007. In a giant stadium outside Tokyo, the women crowded around a cross-shaped catwalk for the "Tokyo Girls Collection", a six-hour extravaganza featuring T-shirts and jewellery from labels such as Rich and Cecil McBee, little known outside Japan but popular among local students. Picture taken March 3, 2007. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN) 

Venezuelan children play on an old boat placed in the yard at the western coast of Lake Maracaibo's near Barranquita in Venezuela, May 25, 2006. In the last decades, the Lake of Maracaibo has been the main revenue source of rich-oil Venezuela, the world's No. 5 oil exporter, and now it suffers from a high level of pollution. That does not affect the production of crude but it causes a direct harm to the residents of the lakeside, especially the tiny villages of small fishermen that depend entirely on fishing to support their impoverished villages, which do not share the oil revenues. Caracas will host the June 1 meeting of OPEC. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

Comedian Rich Little (2nd L) and his wife Marie (L) and entertainer Steve Rossi (2nd R) and his wife Karma (R) arrive at the Fremont Street Experience Light and Sound Show in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, June 14, 2004. The attraction premiered Viva Vision, a technological update to the show created by LG CNS Co., Ltd., of South Korea. It includes 12.5 million LED modules on its 90-foot-high canopy that stretches about 500 meters. REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Ethan Miller EM/ACM 

Indonesian soldiers guard a central business district in Banda Aceh on
September 18, 2002. Aceh is one of two separatist hotspots in Indonesia
where rebels have been fighting on the remote northern tip of Sumatra
since 1976, arguing that the government exploits the resource-rich
region but gives little in return. REUTERS/Tarmizy Harva

EN/CP 

Potential customers walk past a displayed E320 Mercedes Benz at a showroom
in Hong Kong April 8, 2002. Many people have been laid off in the territory
and more are living in fear of the axe, but the super rich are living it up.
As many as 260 new Mercedes Benz E-class cars, carry a price tag of between
HK$438,000 (US$56,000) and HK$748,000 (US$96,000) were snapped up over a
three-day motor show in March. Sales of foreign luxury goods, from
limousines to branded clothes and accessories, have shot up in 2001, clear
signs that the wealthiest in Hong Kong are little bothered by the second
recession in four years. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

BY/CP 

Two of nearly 30 demonstrators protest outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans February 19, 2001 as former President Bill Clinton addressed a gathering at the Oracle Appsworld convention. Clinton, out of office but knee-deep in controversy over an 11th-hour pardon, made little mention of his troubles Monday in a statesmanlike speech to high-tech executives for an expected $100,000.

DRM/SV 

Former President Bill Clinton speaks to the Oracle Appsworld convention at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans February 19, 2001. Clinton, out of office but knee-deep in controversy over an 11th-hour pardon, made little mention of his troubles Monday in his statesmanlike speech to high-tech executives for an expected $100,000.

DRM/SV 

U.S. President Bill Clinton addresses the 54th annual meeting of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America with President of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Rich Middleton (R) while in Chicago, July 30, 2000. The president was given 30 days from July 28 to respond to a disbarment lawsuit against him in his native Arkansas by a federal judge in Little Rock.

LSD 

Pallbearers walk along side the coffin of singer Mel Torme after funeral services for the legendary singer June 8 at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Pallbearers included (front L-R) singer James Darren, actor Cliff Robertson, singer Jerry Vale and (Rear L-R) singer Jack Jones, comedian Rich Little and Bill Shepard. Women are unidentified. Torme died June 5 from complications of a stroke he had suffered in 1996.

FSP/TB/ME 

Office workers emerging from a lift do a double-take upon seeing a statue of "little rich China girl", otherwise known as Asia's richest woman, Nina Wang, in the lobby of Hong Kong's Chinachem Golden Plaza building of Wang's Chinachem Group, October 22. Wang, believed to be the world's second most wealthy woman, is one of the "originals" of the Hong Kong business scene, noted for her outlandish way of dressing and her hallmark pigtails.

HONGKONG 

Two rare blue macaws fly over Brazil's tropical wetlands, known as the Pantanal; a little gem of biodiversity that is home to 35 million -alligators and inumerous types of birds and -reptiles. The billion-dollar "hidrovia" expansion project of the Parana river aims to dig a deeper channel along 2,100 miles of south america's second-largest river, and attempt to boost exports of soy beans and iron ore, bringing jobs and riches to Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. The end result could be imminent flooding of the plains and wiping out the flora and fauna-rich wetlands. Pictue taken OCT93. 

Brazil's tropical wetland area, known as the Pantanal, is a little gem of biodiversity that is home to 35 million -alligators and inumerous types of -birds and -reptiles. The billion-dollar "hidrovia" expansion project of the Parana river aims to dig a deeper channel along 2,100 miles of South America's second-largest river, and try to boost exports of soy beans and iron ore, bringing jobs and riches to Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. The end result could be imminent flooding of the plains and wiping out the flora and fauna-rich wetlands. Pictue taken OCT93. 

A family of capyvaras, the world's largest rodent, prepare to bathe near a watering hole in Brazil's tropical wetlands, known as the Pantanal. The area is a little gem of biodiversity that is home to 35 million -alligators and inumerous types of -birds and -reptiles. The billion-dollar "hidrovia" expansion project of the Parana river aims to dig a deeper channel along 2,100 miles of South America's second-largest river, in an attempt to boost exports of soy beans and iron ore, and bring jobs and riches to Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. The end result could be imminent flooding of the plains and wiping out the flora and fauna-rich wetlands. Picture taken OCT93. 

A family of capyvaras, the world's largest rodent, prepare to bathe near a watering hole in Brazil's tropical wetlands, known as the Pantanal. The area is a little gem of biodiversity that is home to 35 million alligators and inumerous types of birds and reptiles. The billion-dollar "hidrovia" expansion project of the Parana river aims to dig a deeper channel along 2,100 miles of South America's second-largest river, in an attempt to boost exports of soy beans and iron ore, and bring jobs and riches to Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. The end result could be imminent flooding of the plains and wiping out the flora and fauna-rich wetlands. Pictue taken OCT93.

BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT 

FOR RELEASE WITH STORY BC-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT - Two rare blue macaws fly over Brazil's tropical wetlands, known as the Pantanal; a little gem of biodiversity that is home to 35 million alligators and inumerous types of birds and reptiles. The billion-dollar "hidrovia" expansion project of the Parana river aims to dig a deeper channel along 2,100 miles of south america's second-largest river, and attempt to boost exports of soy beans and iron ore, bringing jobs and riches to Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. The end result could be imminent flooding of the plains and wiping out the flora and fauna-rich wetlands. Pictue taken OCT93.

BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT 

FOR RELEASE WITH STORY BC-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT - Brazil's tropical wetland area, known as the Pantanal, is a little gem of biodiversity that is home to 35 million alligators and inumerous types of birds and reptiles. The billion-dollar "hidrovia" expansion project of the Parana river aims to dig a deeper channel along 2,100 miles of South America's second-largest river, and try to boost exports of soy beans and iron ore, bringing jobs and riches to Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. The end result could be imminent flooding of the plains and wiping out the flora and fauna-rich wetlands. Pictue taken OCT93.

BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT 

A female worker covers her face with a cloth mask leaving black soot around her mouth and nose at the Coc Sau open-cast mine in the northern Vietnamese town of Cam Pha. The coal mine, a crater measuring 2.2km (1.4 miles) across, employs some 5,300 workers who scrabble on their hands and knees for as little as $30-$60 a month. The coal-rich province of Quang Ninh spews about 300,000 tones of coal slurry into the sea every year. Picture taken 8JUL97. 

Female wokers fill their baskets with coal at the Coc Sau open-cast mine in the northern Vietnamese town of Cam Pha. The coal mine, a crater measuring 2.2km (1.4 miles) across, employs some 5,300 workers who scrabble on their hands and knees for as little as $30-$60 a month. The coal-rich province of Quang Ninh spews about 300,000 tones of coal slurry into the sea every year. Picture taken 8JUL97. 

FOR RELEASE WITH STORY BC-VIETNAM-COAL - A female worker covers her face with a cloth mask leaving black soot around her mouth and nose at the Coc Sau open-cast mine in the northern Vietnamese town of Cam Pha. The coal mine, a crater measuring 2.2km (1.4 miles) across, employs some 5,300 workers who scrabble on their hands and knees for as little as $30-$60 a month. The coal-rich province of Quang Ninh spews about 300,000 tones of coal slurry into the sea every year.

VIETNAM COAL 

FOR RELEASE WITH STORY BC-VIETNAM-COAL - Female wokers fill their baskets with coal at the Coc Sau open-cast mine in the northern Vietnamese town of Cam Pha. The coal mine, a crater measuring 2.2km (1.4 miles) across, employs some 5,300 workers who scrabble on their hands and knees for as little as $30-$60 a month. The coal-rich province of Quang Ninh spews about 300,000 tones of coal slurry into the sea every year.

VIETNAM COAL 

FOR RELEASE WITH STORY BC-VIENAM-COAL - An armed soldier stands guard as workers sift through coal at the Coc Sau open-cast mine in the northern Vietnamese town of Cam Pha. The coal mine, a crater measuring 2.2km (1.4 miles) across, employs some 5,300 workers who scrabble on their hands and knees for as little as $30-$60 a month. The coal-rich province of Quang Ninh spews about 300,000 tones of coal slurry into the sea every year.

VIETNAM COAL