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Sven-Goran Eriksson has no interest in North Korea job

14.10.09

Sven-Goran Eriksson has stated he has no interest in taking charge of the North Korea national side for next summer's World Cup... more

North Korea ready to resume talks on nuclear weapons

06.10.09

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said he is ready to return to multi-national talks on its nuclear weapons programme - amid reports that it was restoring a nuclear complex... more

Brown demands sanctions to stop Iran’s arms race

24.09.09

Gordon Brown issues sternest warning yet to Iran, calling for 'tough and immediate sanctions for those who break the rules' on weapons proliferation... more

The NHS must rein in the health tourists

17.09.09

American healthcare providers are notoriously hardhearted towards would-be patients without the ability to pay. Now British hospitals may become a little tougher on those who come here to exploit the health service... more

Michael Essien proud of World Cup qualification

07.09.09

Michael Essien is revelling in the "fantastic feeling" of qualifying for the World Cup finals ... more

N Korea: We have found a new way to make nuclear weapons

04.09.09

North Korea said it was closer to a second way of making nuclear weapons - a move analysts saw as a new tactic to put pressure on the international community... more

City Spy: UKFI job sounds like a nightmare

02.09.09

WHO wants to have the tricky task of managing the taxpayers’ holdings in Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds-HBOS, Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock?... more

Rush into democracy and you rue the results

01.09.09

Once the election results in Afghanistan are finally in, Western governments need to draw up new and detailed initiatives on how to deal with failed states... more

WORLD: South Korea joins space nations with rocket launch

25.08.09

South Korea officially joined the space race when it launched its first rocket... more

Obama: Clinton's North Korea mission wasn't an olive branch

06.08.09

Obama administration plays down suggestions of a thaw in relations with North Korea despite the release of two American journalists... more

WORLD: Bill Clinton flies freed US reporters back home from North Korea

05.08.09

The two American journalists freed by North Korea returned home to the United States today to a heroes’ welcome... more

US, Korea fear a new phase of cyber attacks

10.07.09

A spate of cyber attacks on US and Korean websites that has affected everything from the White House to banks could enter a new phase, experts warned ... more

Questions raised by the Camberwell fire

07.07.09

The Camberwell tower block fire, which took such a terrible toll in human life, has raised some serious questions, not just about how the fire services dealt with the blaze but about the chance of another tragedy elsewhere... more

North Korea book World Cup spot

18.06.09

Football: North Korea have qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa following a goalless draw in Saudi Arabia... more

Obama's triumph inspires black US students to succeed

10.06.09

Education chiefs in the US have hailed what they call the "Obama effect" in helping to raise standards in schools... more

Two US journalists jailed for 'grave crime' against N Korea

08.06.09

Two American journalists have been jailed for 12 years in North Korea... more

Kim anoints son to succeed him

02.06.09

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong II is said to want his youngest son to succeed him... more

North Korea tests another missile

29.05.09

North Korea has test-fired another short-range missile off its east coast, local reports claimed... more

North Korea ‘going postal’ is truly scary

29.05.09

As the North Korea story unfolds, I wonder whether we are watching a nuclear state going postal. This is very scary stuff indeed... more

North Korea threat has US on alert

28.05.09

South Korean and US troops raised their alert to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its peace treatyof 1953 that ended the country's war and threatened to attack ships that intercept its vessels... more

Housebuilders suffering as time is called on their rally

28.05.09

The rally among UK housebuilders, which has carried them 33% higher since hitting a low point in March, appears to be over... more

WORLD: 1953 truce not valid, says Korea

27.05.09

North Korea raised the stakes in its stand-off with the South by declaring it was no longer bound by the armistice which ended the Korean War in 1953... more

WORLD: N Korea fires two missiles in show of defiance

26.05.09

North Korea has fired two more shortrange missiles off its east coast, in definace of international condemnation... more

North Korean nuclear test batters shares across Asia

26.05.09

Shares in Asia fell as concerns over North Korea's nuclear programme gripped the region ... more

UN fails to agree over North Korea's missile launch

06.04.09

The United Nations failed to agree a response to North Korea's rocket launch, despite pressure from Washington and its allies for action... more

Bookmakers celebrate a big win on the National

06.04.09

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Hillary Clinton slams 'provocative' N Korean missile launch

26.03.09

President Barack Obama is heading for what could be his first foreign crisis over North Korea's plans to launch a long-range missile... more

UK diplomat 'goes native' with North Korea eulogy

17.03.09

Britain's ambassador to North Korea has been accused of "going native" after writing an extraordinary eulogy of life under dictator Kim Jong II... more

Son of Korea leader 'being groomed' as next dictator

09.03.09

The son of North Korea's eccentric leader is believed to be close to parliamentary election indicating he could be the country's next dictator... more

How the credit crunch saved Sarah from herself

31.07.08

As Sarah Skelding's situation demonstrates, the problem of the housing crisis is not the difficulty in getting mortgage finance, but the fact that houses are grossly over-priced... more