On Tuesday, U.S. officials reported their attempt at calming Russian fears regarding the plans by America to install interceptor missile in Easter Europe.

After the U.S., Mexico is now second fatest country owing to the widening popularity of the soft drink, fast-food, junk food industry. It's now the second fattest nation in the world. Some Mexican officals have stated that it may surprass the U.S. as the most obese country if such trends continue over the course of the next ten years.

On Monday, officials from Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal traveled to New York to request close to $114 million in additional funds at the United Nations for trying the the Khmer Rouge's surviving leaders.

U.N. officials relayed on Monday that a former Nicaraguan foreign minister is likely to be the upcoming president of the U.N. General Assembly. The presidential position for the world body of 192 members, rotates according to region.

Vice President Dich Cheney of Turkey, in conclusion of two-day talks with leaders of Israel and Palestine voiced out last Monday that Hamas militants as well as their backers situated in Iran and Syria spoil the Mideast peace talks.

According to her daughter, the former president of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino, has been diagnosed with colon cancer. News came out on Monday.Seventy-five year old Aquino was brought in to power by the peaceful "people power" revolution that had ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, shaping her as a symbol of democracy.

On Monday, many feared that the 18 Ukrainina sailors were dead after having been trapped underwater for nearly two days in a capsized tugboat in Hong Kong. All this in the middle of strong currents.

Vibrant and multicolored, the new In Flames album, A Sense of Purpose, is bright and colorful. Not quite death-metal. According to reports, In Flames wanted to do something different with the artwork, side-tracking from the usual dreary and dark colors blanketing most LP's produced by bands of their kind.

According to different media and fan accounts, frontman Scott Weiland during Velvet Revolver's opening show on Thursday night for the band's European show made an unexpected announcement, stirring debate and spreading rumors over the weekend.

Scattered battles across northern Sri Lanka has been battled by government troops and Tamil rebels over two days. This has left 30 rebel fighters and four soldiers dead, as announced by the military on Monday.