<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081120/bs_nm/us_markets_global"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081120/2008_11_20t004159_450x301_us_markets_global.jpg?x= 130&y=86&q=85&sig=zD_ZiaUR_uiwGz3aqImRlA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A trader listens to a colleague on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati City, Manila November 6, 2008. (Darren Whiteside/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A rout in Asia pushed world stocks to their lowest in 5- years on Thursday, while oil fell to below $53 a barrel and safe havens such as the yen gained as economic data indicated a global recession could get even uglier.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)