Teetotaller named world&#39;s oldest man at 111
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An 111-year-old Japanese just named the world&#39;s oldest man said he owed his longevity to steering clear of alcohol.
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A look at the world's longest-serving leaders, excluding monarchies:
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LISBON, Dec 17  (IPS) - On the threshold of 2008, 99-year-old Portuguese  filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, the oldest active director in the  world, says he has several projects planned for the coming years.
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The 70-year-old uncle of Hollywood star Matt Damon became the oldest person to swim the English Channel Sunday, arriving on the French coast in the early hours after a grueling 21-mile swim.
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A retired Connecticut pilot has become the oldest person to swim the English Channel. George Brunstad, 70, left Dover, England, Saturday morning heading for the French Coast. He finished shortly after midnight, said Mike Oram of the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation.
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THE longest serving astronaut in history, who flew twice to the moon and commanded the first space shuttle mission, has announced his retirement after 42 years at Nasa.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - In 113 years, Fred Hale Sr. has seen a lot. There's one thing he'd like to see again. Hale, documented as the world's oldest man, is a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan.
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DEWITT, NY -- Fred Hale Sr., a Maine native recognized as the world&#39;s oldest man, died Friday. He was 113 years old. Hale died in his sleep at The Nottingham in suburban Syracuse, while trying to recover from
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(Dewitt -WABC, November 20, 2004 ) - A man documented as the world&#39;s oldest man has passed away, 12 days shy of his 114th birthday.
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A woman who outlived her children and was thought to be England's oldest inhabitant, dies at the age of 111.
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When his "Modern Times"  debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old  Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart.
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George Johnson, considered California's oldest living person at 112 and the state's last surviving World War I veteran, had experts shaking their heads over his junk food diet.
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died Monday in a nursing home, the home's administrator said. She was 116. Bolden was born Aug. 15, 1890, according to the Gerontology Research Group, a Los Angeles organization that tracks the ages of the world's oldest people.
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Fred Hale Sr., documented as the world&#39;s oldest man and noted Boston Red Sox fan, has died. He was 113 years old. Hale died in his sleep Friday at The Nottingham in suburban Syracuse, while trying to recover
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Salvadorans buried the country's oldest known living person on Friday: Cruz Hernandez, who was 128 years old according to the government. Hernandez was born May 3, 1878, according to her government-issued identity card.
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LONDON  - A retired American pilot swam across the choppy, chilly English Channel to raise money for children in Haiti - and at age 70, became the oldest person to swim the stretch from Britain to France.
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BUCHAREST, Romania - A 66-year-old professor who writes children's books claims to have become the world's oldest woman to give birth, and doctors said Monday she and her day-old baby daughter were in good condition in intensive care.