11.   The crisis has undermined the domestic market and, since the European Union banned British beef exports, has cost farmers their entire foreign market.

12.   Traders said they are worried over the way the financial crisis has undermined even the stronger economies in the region, including Hong Kong and Japan.

13.   Working women, still a minority in South Korea, worry the economic crisis is undermining their struggle to be considered equals in the workplace.

14.   The United States and Britain are concerned that the crisis could undermine the international war on terrorism, in which South Asia is a key region.