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Asian nations hold talks on Friday to try and defuse two critical points of tension in the Pacific, in preliminary steps welcomed by the Obama administration, which China says is attempting to reassert its influence in the region.

Aiming to convince senators of the viability of the Barack Obama administration's Afghanistan policy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday cited South Korea as a successful "investment" case. "You look at the decades of our investment in South Korea," she said, facing a barrage of questions in a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee aimed at clarifying Washington's policy and progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Barcelona appear to have beaten Manchester United to the signature of Alexis Sanchez, the Chilean winger is expected to complete a £32m move to the European champions from Udinese this week. United will instead complete the £17m transfer of Ashley Young from Aston Villa, subject to the 25-year-old agreeing personal terms this week.

Following a ceasefire agreement, the last American ground troops left Vietnam in 1973 and in 1975, Saigon (officially now named Ho Chi Minh City) fell to the North Vietnamese Army.

In the week that North Korea declared China to be the world's happiest country and the U.S.A. the unhappiest, the poverty stricken nation, under the guidance of its Dear Leader no doubt, has made a new breakthrough, painless birth.

The reactivation of Sony's PlayStation Store in Europe and America has again been delayed.

Sony has confirmed that it will be restarting the PlayStation Network in its home nation Japan as well as all other Asian territories this Saturday.

FIFA, football's governing body, has announced it is to investigate vice-president Jack Warner and presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam over bribery allegations.

The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is rumoured to be on a visit to China in what many observer see as an indication of the role of Kim Jong-un as a potential successor to his father. Although his whereabouts remain partially unknown, he was reported by South Korean media to have taken the train to China, which is known to be North Korea’s main ally.

On his visit to Pakistan the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said that Britain is responsible for many of the world's problems, referencing in particular the ongoing Kashmir dispute.

Forget Britain's "Special Relationship" with America, largely a mirage of the Foreign Office and its existence unknown to most Americans. Even as World War II was ending, the cracks in the relationship between Britain and the United States were becoming ever more obvious to contemporaries and for more recent generations can be studied by reading books, both military and political, such as Armageddon and Nemesis by Max Hastings.

Shares in Mulberry were up on the FTSE AIM 100 after the luxury fashion retailer more than tripled its profits in the half year ended 30 September.

An unknown number of North Korean officials secretly defected to South Korea at the beginning of this year or at the end of 2009, according to a cable released yesterday by Wikileaks.

North Korea's latest tantrum, which has cost the lives of two South Korean soldiers, is a worrying development in the region, which appears to be getting more unstable every year thanks to the unpredictable actions of the murderous regime in Pyongyang.

The British Prime Minister had a good visit to China but received no praise for his part at the G20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea, immediately after. On his return to the Commons on 15 November 2010, Harriet Harman, standing in for Ed Miliband, hurled the jibe at Mr Cameron: "Britain needed to send a statesman to this summit but all we sent was a spectator."

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 as the eurozone debt crisis continued and tensions erupted between North and South Korea.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of news from the G20 meeting, currently being held in South Korea.

Koreans are going hostile after Dana Petroleum, a British FTSE 250 company that has refused a bid for its oil and gas exploration in the North Sea and Africa.

Shares in Dana Petroleum were down in afternoon trading on the FTSE 250 after it said it would not be supporting a £1.7 billion takeover bid from the state owned Korea National Corp (KNOC).

Shares in Tesco were down on the FTSE 100 and are a recommended hold ahead of its first quarter trading statement due tomorrow.

Tesco, the UK's largest retailer is to expand internationally, making it the largest retailer in South Korea say reports.

$305 million - the amount top sponsors such as Hyundai, Sony and Coca-Cola are reportedly paying to be 'FIFA Partners' - including worldwide rights to two World Cups over seven years ($40 million per year).

BP has announced today that oil and gas is being recieved through its latest attempts to cap the oil leak - known as the Lower Marine Riser Package.

Shares in British banks continued to decline on the FTSE 100 thanks to ongoing concerns over sovereign debt in the eurozone.

Shares in British banks rose for the third day in a row after significant falls last week and at the beginning of the week thanks to continuing fears about sovereign debt in the eurozone and the possibility of conflict between North and South Korea.

Shares in British banks continued their recovery on the FTSE 100 after ongoing worries about sovereign debt in the eurozone helped drag shares in recent weeks.

Shares in British banks recovered in morning trading on the FTSE 100 following a dismal performance yesterday which saw the FTSE 100 drop below 5,000.