1.0 link 145089 <![CDATA[Asian Stock Markets Tumble After Wall Street Plunge]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/asian-stock-markets-tumbl_n_145089.html HONG KONG &mdash; Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday, with Japan's main index losing nearly 5 percent, after fears of a protracted recession sent Wall Street plunging to it lowest point in five years.

Asia's slide extended a global sell-off the began Wednesday and accelerated overnight amid lowered projections for economic activity next year from the U.S. Federal Reserve and worries over the fate of America's Big Three automakers, which are pleading for emergency loans from Washington.

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