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TOKYO - The world's oldest man celebrated his 113th birthday Thursday in southern Japan, telling reporters he wants to live another five years. Tomoji Tanabe, who was born Sept. 18, 1895, received birthday gifts, flowers and $1,000 cash from the mayor of his hometown of Miyakonojo, on Japan's...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18, 2008 (AFP) - The ads promoting "Malaysia: Truly Asia" aim to welcome visitors with a warm smile to a prosperous and modern nation, so the taxi fleet branded "the worst in the world" can come as a bit of a shock. Even the locals are not spared the shabby service of...

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LONDON - The global financial firestorm claimed a fresh victim Wednesday as top British mortgage lender HBOS said it was in takeover talks after a huge US bailout of insurer AIG helped underpin volatile share prices. "In the light of market speculation, the Board of HBOS confirms that it is...

SINGAPORE - A decline in Singapore's main exports for the fourth straight month has raised the risk of the region's richest economy falling into a technical third-quarter recession, analysts said Wednesday. The city-state's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in August fell 14 per cent from the...

The Supreme Court issued a second arrest warrant for ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday after he failed to appear for a case charging him with influencing the Export-Import Bank's four-billion-baht loan to Burma four years ago. Mr Thaksin's lawyers showed up at the court but the...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Tuesday injected 50 billion US dollars of liquidity to help stressed financial markets, a move coming on the heels of similar actions by other central banks. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York made the announcement a day after the US central bank...

SINGAPORE : The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has urged AIA policyholders not to act hastily to terminate their insurance policies, as queues formed outside AIA's offices on Tuesday, with some clients seeking to end their policies. AIA is a subsidiary of New York-based American...

BANGKOK - The brother-in-law to ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra moved a step closer to Thailand's premiership Tuesday after dissenting members of the ruling party rallied behind him. Somchai Wongsawat had faced a revolt in the party over his ties to Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006...