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.

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.

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.