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Even as most of Asia cheer the return this year of robust growth, the region and the rest of the world, continue to keep their eyes peeled on America - where the economic indicators streaming out each week have been less than sparkling. The US, meanwhile, is looking beyond GDP (gross domestic product) as the defining yardstick... 

STORY HIGHLIGHTS  * Man lives in a box near a graveyard, police say  * Man stole bike to give to daughter (Taiwan) -- Police officers in central Taiwan arrested a man for stealing a bicycle this week and originally planned to lock him up for theft charges. However, the police later discovered that the man was so poor that... 

Goh Kah Heng aka ming Yi According to a report by LianHe WanBao yesterday, the remaining six charges against former Ren Ci Hospital chief executive Ming Yi have been withdrawn. The six charges which included forgery and breach of trust were stood down during his initial trial last year on four charges related to an unauthorised...