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IRS chief Lois Lerner to plead the 5th in front of Congress

IRS forced groups with 'tea party' or 'patriot' names to provide extra information before approving tax-exempt applications.

Guantanamo shuts down Internet service after Anonymous threat

Protesters who support the prisoners' hunger strike gathered outside the prison as well as the White House.

Israel extends Gaza fishing zone

Israel extends fishing area for Palestinians on Gaza coast.

Oklahoma tornado was EF-5 level, strongest category

Oklahoma's Moore tornado reached the highest possible level, with winds at some 200 miles per hour, officials say.

Oscar Pistorius' brother acquitted in woman's death in road accident

Carl Pistorius cried as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide and negligent driving for Maria Barnard's death.

Court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret

The photos were taken during and after a raid in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 2, 2011 by US special forces.

Egypt passes new tax law in bid for economic reform

New law will reportedly help Egypt's poor but leave small businesses smarting.

Iran blocks ex-President Rafsanjani from election race: report

Two prominent Iranian candidates have been barred from running in next month's presidential election: former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.

Man dies from coronavirus in Tunisia

A sixty-six-year-old Tunisian man has died of coronavirus after paying a visit to Saudi Arabia, the first death and the first recorded case of the novel infectious disease in the African nation.  The NCoV disease, which is similar to SARS but has important distinctions of its own, appears to be strongest in Saudi Arabia, where it has killed sixteen people — and where the deceased Tunisian man was likely infected.
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