Eccentric movie legend Marlon Brando wanted an aquarium stocked with six-foot sharks and moray eels, according to the craftsman who helped the actor design the Polynesian retreat that was never realised.

THE two men arrested on suspicion of involvement in the 10 Washington-area sniper slayings this month will be charged with murder and face the death penalty for an earlier killing in Alabama, authorities in the southern state said yesterday.

Wyclef Jean is in a reflective mood. The normally jovial, effervescent rapper seems subdued as he relaxes in his London hotel, settling down to face a day of media interrogation.