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Republicans Keep Up Pressure on White House Over IRS Scandal

Republican lawmakers and fiscally conservative Tea Party leaders are vowing to keep up the pressure on the White House to see if it was involved with the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny.

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UN chief ‘very concerned’ about deteriorating security in northeast Nigeria

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Schools burned by Boko Haram in 2013 in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.

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Deadly Bombing Hits NATO Convoy in Kabul

A suicide attack on a NATO military convoy in Kabul Thursday killed at least 15 people, including several foreigners. An insurgent group fighting alongside the Taliban is claiming responsibility for what is being described as one of the deadliest attacks in the Afghan capital in recent months.

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Nigeria Responds to Upsurge in Boko Haram Violence

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three northern Nigerian states and ordered the immediate deployment of more troops, in response to a surge of violence the president says poses a "very serious threat" to Nigeria's territorial integrity.

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Taiwan Begins Military Drills Near Philippines

A diplomatic dispute between Taiwan and the Philippines intensified Thursday, as Taipei began a military exercise in the disputed waters between both countries.

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‘Outraged’ by rising death toll in Syria, General Assembly demands halt to all violence

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General Assembly votes on resolution on the situation in Syria.

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Japanese Envoy Makes Unannounced Visit to N. Korea

Japan's prime minister has sent an envoy to Pyongyang. The reason is not immediately clear, but Tokyo has, for years, been trying to resolve cases of Japanese abducted over past decades by North Korean agents.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina lags in progress to regional integration, Security Council told

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High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko (right), briefs the Security Council.

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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister addresses OSCE Permanent Council

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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov addressing the OSCE's Permanent Council in Vienna, 14 May 2013.

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Bangladesh to End Search for Building Collapse Victims

Authorities in Bangladesh say they are preparing to end the search for victims of a building collapse that killed 1,127 people last month.