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Former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford speaks to a reporter from inside a van as he leaves a news conference in Tokyo

Woodford Predicts More Revelations About Olympus

Official investigations into a massive fraud at Japan's Olympus Corp are highly likely to lead to further revelations on the scandal soon, according to the firm's former chief executive, Michael Woodford, who blew the whistle on the affair.
Workers maintain the huge Euro logo next to headquarters of ECB in Frankfurt

Europe's Shadow Darkens Outlook

A renewed focus on Europe's banking and debt crisis may quickly sap the nascent optimism about global economic prospects that followed a remarkably solid U.S. January employment report.
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke holds a news conference in Washington

ET, the New Alien Scaring Global Markets

The United States is coming to be seen as a global threat, acting unilaterally with aggressive new market rules that critics say will hurt U.S. firms, foreign banks, and international markets in one swoop.
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With sparse data, focus returns to Europe

Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction.
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich looks at his watch as he speaks at a news conference on Saturday in Las Vegas after the Nevada caucuses in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4, 2012.

Defiant Newt Gingrich Vows to Stay in Republican Race

A defiant Newt Gingrich vowed to continue in the 2012 Republican presidential race and predicted that he could pull even with Mitt Romney in the delegate count within two months: I am a candidate for president of the United States. I will be a candidate for president of the United States.
Super Bowl 2012 Drinks: Drinking Games And Recipes For Giants-Patriots Game

Super Bowl 2012 Drinks: Drinking Games and Recipes for Giants-Patriots Game

This Sunday, the New England Patriots and the New York Giants face off in Super Bowl XLVI. And for some sports fans, that means only one thing: Super Bowl 2012 drinking games. Check out the best ones -- and our seven Super Bowl drink recipes, ranging from The Blitz Cocktail to The Hail Mary Shooter.
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Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel

Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.
Venezuelan soldiers march during a military parade to commemorate the 20th anniversary President Hugo Chavez's failed coup attempt in Caracas February 4, 2012.

Venezuela's Opposition Angered as Hugo Chavez Celebrates Coup

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders slammed the event as a blemish on the country's democracy.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney shakes hands with supporters while giving a speech at his Nevada caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, Feb. 4, 2012.

GOP's Mitt Romney Has Momentum in Wake of Nevada Caucuses

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in Nevada on Saturday, taking firm command of the party's volatile presidential nominating race. He captured 44 percent of the vote with about 43 percent of precincts counted, taking about a 20-point lead over his closest rivals.
UN Meet on Syria

Russia, China Veto UN Resolution Asking Assad to Quit

The high-level diplomatic setback came after world leaders and Syrian opposition activists accused Assad's forces of a massacre in a sustained shelling of Homs, the bloodiest episode in 11 months of upheaval in the pivotal Arab country.
Mitt Romney Wins Nevada

Mitt Romney Wins Big in Nevada

The victory was Romney's second in a row and his third in the first five contests in the state-by-state battle to find a Republican challenger to President Barack Obama in November's general election.
Hawaii Republican Caucus Results 2012: Where to Watch Live

Nevada Caucus 2012 Results: Where to Get Live Updates

Find out where to watch a live stream of the 2012 Nevada caucus, how to get live updates and where to get the results of early exit polls in the Republican race as Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum battle for delegates in the Silver State.
No Regular Aussie Troops in Afghanistan by 2013

Afghan Taliban Deny Mullah Omar Wrote to White House

The White House received a letter in 2011 that purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, asking the United States to deliver prisoners whose transfer is now central to American efforts to broker peace in Afghanistan, an Obama administration official said Friday. The Afghan Taliban denied on Saturday that the group's leader, Mullah Omar, wrote to the White House last year.
Occupy DC

Police Begin Clearing Occupy D.C. Protest Site

Police removed bedding and most tents on Saturday at an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule at a public square that has housed protesters for months.

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