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Asian stocks gain but traders remain cautious as EU leaders continue negotiations on the region's next budget.

Budget negotiations could end without final deal as officials fail to reach consensus on spending cut levels.

The focus on David Cameron's veto threat misses the bigger - and shameful - picture: If the Eurozone can't agree on a €30bn Greek rescue, how will it lead consensus on a €1tn EU budget?

Prime Minister David Cameron joins EU counterparts in Brussels for difficult future finance meeting.

Eurozone finance ministers delay agreement again on Greek bailout fund decision, citing technicalities.

FDI in the world's second largest economy falls 0.24 percent year-on-year in October.

PM promises red tape bonfire in CBI speech and declares Britain as in 'economic equivalent of war'.

A Guardian’s cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as puppet master in the wake of Gaza's escalating conflict has sparked controversy.

Nikkei gains 0.04 percent while KOSPI closes 0.23 percent up. Hang Seng and Shanghai indices also end trade at 1.20 and 0.37 percent higher.

Anti-austerity protests are expected to disrupt public life and restrict transport links across the continent.

The Palestinian Authority's bid to gain "observer state status" at the UN set to gain backing from 12 European states.

Nikkei drops 0.34 percent while KOSPI falls 0.62 percent. Hang Seng and Shanghai indices fall 0.77 and 1.04 percent respectively.

Greece's infamous neo-Nazi party set up a branch in Italian city of Trieste.

Media reports suggest extra time and cash required for new Greek rescue only hours after painful austerity budget approved by parliament

Budget passed by 167 votes to 128 amid protests outside parliament, but it will take quite some time for much-needed bailout funds to be available.

Germany insists it need Parliamentary approval to release long-delay Greek aid tranche despite Athens' "courage" in passing austerity bill.

EU and Japan found to be dumping steel tubes on China.

President Barack Obama's sweeping victory is eclipsed by yet another grim assessment for the Eurozone and concerns about US 'fiscal cliff"

Apple and four publishers allow retailers to set prices for a period of two years and to suspend "most-favored nation" contracts for five years.

Foreign investors can set up fully owned firms and will be offered tax breaks and long-term land leases.

The Ryugyong hotel, the tallest building in North Korea, will finally open 26 years after construction started.

China still in full control over some of world’s most important yet limited supply of raw materials and rare minerals.

Liberal Democrat leader condemns 'cheap politics' just hours after government loses EU budget vote.

Human rights group follows Hillary Clinton and EU's Catherine Ashton call for country to draw line under grim past and move to integration.

Europe in full gory widescreen at PMQs as Cameron waits to see how many anti-EU Tories defy him

Apple has published a statement on its UK website, after the High Court ruled the iPad maker must apologise for accusing Samsung of copying.

One in four out of work in Europe's fourth-largest economy amid deepening recession.

Amendments to Vicker's Report likely after parliament grills Finnish central bank governor Erkki Liikanen.

Germany's Angela Merkel has cannily played Prime Minister David Cameron into a futile stance on Europe's Budget negotiations.

Spain's Prime Minister faces challenging votes in Catalonia and the Basque region as investors fear window of opportunity for EU support closing fast