In last month's punch up between boxing champions Evander Holifield of the USA and the gigantic Nikolai Valuev of Russia, 3,5 minutes into the fight, Holifield took nine punches to the head and neck. Opponent Valuev wasn't even touched.

At least 4 people were killed in a powerful earthquake in Indonesia. News agencies reported that a series of earthquakes caused wide-scale destruction in eastern part of the country.

A team of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has reported a rapid recovery of coral reefs in areas of Indonesia, following the tsunami that devastated coastal regions throughout the Indian Ocean four years ago today.

Ever wonder how people spend holidays on death row? Or what they ask by way of gifts and favors? Although death row may be dreary and deadly, for many hope springs eternal.

Indian Muslim community leaders are very upset with the militants who attacked Mumbai, they refuse to bury them in their graveyards.

Al-Qaeda has a safe haven in Pakistan and now acid attacks on woman seem to be another sanctioned form of violence in the region as well.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the G20 has agreed upon a series of measures which will help ease global economic crisis.

The 3 convicted Islamic terrorists that were the ringleaders in the bombing of nightclubs in Bali, Indonesia in 2002 were executed by Firing Squad today.

A Muslim cleric has caused public furore in Indonesia after marrying a 12-year-old prepubescent girl as a second wife. The cleric is now in Singapore.

Cadbury's is recalling 11 of its chocolate products from shops in Hong Kong as a precautionary measure after the tainted milk scandal has raised concerns in China.