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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and South Korean negotiators were set to continue talks on Monday on a deal to resume U.S. beef exports, which has triggered furor among South Koreans, just hours after officials announced the weekend discussions had ended without a resolution.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's trade with Iran at a time world powers are trying to convince it to give up its nuclear ambitions is sending the wrong signal to Tehran, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

FLINT, Michigan (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Monday he plans to visit Iraq and Afghanistan before November's election and was encouraged by a recent reduction in violence in Iraq.

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush won Britain's backing on Monday for tighter sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program and secured a British pledge to send more troops to Afghanistan.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday it was "extremely important" Israel allow three Palestinians to leave the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip to take up prestigious U.S. fellowships.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two weeks after breaking with his long-time church after pastors there made inflammatory and anti-American sermons, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama went to a new church on Sunday to discuss fatherhood.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday Israel's settlement building was harming peace negotiations with the Palestinians.

LONDON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, scrutinized in books by former colleagues including a blistering critique by his ex-spokesman, is considering writing a memoir of his own.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's tax policies have given him an edge as the better man for the economy, various Wall Street experts said at this week's Reuters Investment Outlook Summit.

LONDON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush arrived in Britain on Sunday for what could be his last official visit as president, urging his close ally not to withdraw forces from Iraq unless conditions on the ground allowed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain enlisted the high-profile help of Carly Fiorina, once the most powerful businesswoman in the United States, on Saturday to try to get women behind his campaign for the White House.

PARIS (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads for Britain on Sunday on the final stop of a European farewell tour, having won support on the continent for a ratcheting up of pressure on Iran over its nuclear program.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration's top trade negotiator hosted her South Korean counterpart on Friday in a meeting that aimed to ease the uproar in South Korea over a recent deal to resume American beef shipments.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House and congressional negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on an anti-terror spy bill that would permit court dismissal of potentially billions of dollars in lawsuits against phone companies, sources familiar with the talks said on Friday.

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will showcase their countries' reconciliation on Saturday as they move past tension over the Iraq war towards diplomatic cooperation on issues such as Iran.

PEMBERTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - John McCain on Friday lambasted the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to grant greater rights to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, aligning himself with George W. Bush at a time when the unpopular president is seen as a political liability to his would-be Republican successor.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's tax policies have given him an edge as the better man for the economy, various Wall Street experts said at this week's Reuters Investment Outlook Summit.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Barack Obama and John McCain, rivals for the White House, squabbled on Friday over terms for a series of face-to-face town hall meetings and each side blamed the other for an inability to reach an accord.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the powerful Senate Banking Committee on Friday denied a media report that he received preferential mortgage terms from Countrywide Financial Corp, a key player in the U.S. housing crisis.

KAUKAUNA, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Thursday accused Republican John McCain of mischaracterizing his tax plan and said most Americans would not see taxes go up.