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.

The South African government is denying access to the Russian navy's nuclear-powered heavy missile cruiser, Pyotr Velikiy. This mean machine was meant to spend 3 days in Cape Town enroute to Libya, where Russia just sold $2-b in weaponry... (video)

Canada and Russia waged another classic battle in there long and storied rivalry in Ottawa last night, in the semifinal of the World Junior Hockey Tournament. A see-saw battle saw Canada trailing in the final seconds, until this happened:

Apparently departing from the frankincense and myrrh script, both the US and Russia are spreading goodwill throughout the Middle East (novel thought) in the form of military hardware. The US tanks are M60s, but Russia has gift wrapped 10 new MIG 29s.

This announcement may cause problems between Canada and Russia and even with United States, but Canada has boldly called Santa Claus a Canadian.

A Dutch parliamentarian demands an immediate ban on a local university's planned bird flu-experiment with 48 wild, migratory Bewick's Swans.

The spectacular rise in the price of oil over the past 2 years has been a bonanza for Russia. This new found wealth has seen more military spending and the political bluster to go with it. With the price of oil collapsing Russia may have blinked.

Russian Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev retained his WBA Championship crown by beating the 46 years old Evander Holyfield in a controversial decision in Zurich today.

28-year-old South African media executive Karry Shaw claims it was 'a dream come true' when she climbed into a steel cage wearing only her bikini, then was lowered into a 4m deep pool - to swim with fully-grown Limpopo crocodiles.

A 46 years old former heavyweight champion of the world is staging a boxing come back to regain his former world heavyweight crown. Evander Holyfield squares it off with Russian Nokolai Valuev in Zurich this Saturday.