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	*US Treasury deputy inspector general for tax administration Timothy Camus testifies before the Senate Finance Committee that, since 2013, criminals pretending to be IRS tax agents contacted more than 366,000 people with harassing phone calls demanding payments and threatening prosecution and incarceration in the largest scam of its kind in the history of the agency. More than 3,000 people were duped out of a total of $15.5 million, with victims in almost every state. Federal investigators believe there is more than one group of perpetrators, including some overseas. Currently, two people in ] have been arrested, accused of being part of a scam that involved people in call centers in India contacting U.S. taxpayers. Immigrants were the primary target early on. The callers can manipulate caller ID to make it look like they are calling from an IRS phone number. They might even know the last four digits of the taxpayer's ].
	*US state of ] Judge Thomas M. Goethals recuses the ] district attorney's office from the case of a convicted mass killer, 45-year-old former tugboat operator Scott Dekraai, who has already pleaded guilty to killing his ex-wife and seven others during the October 12, ] and turns over further prosecution of the case to the ] after finding that sheriff's deputies had lied on the witness stand or withheld information about the misuse of jailhouse informants utilized to gather evidence for prosecutors. The ruling deals a blow to prosecutors' efforts to impose the death penalty. Defense attorneys also wanted the possibility of the death penalty thrown out but the judge refused.
	*The ] of the Communist Party of China (CCFDI) ] former ] party chief ]. He is the first official investigated from ] since the campaign began in 2013.		*The ] of the Communist Party of China (CCFDI) ] former ] party chief ]. He is the first official investigated from ] since the campaign began in 2013.

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Current events of March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12) (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

A U.S. drone strike in Somalia near the town of Bardhere kills the mastermind al-Shabab terrorist Adan Garar responsible for the September 2013 three-day seige Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, in which 67 people were killed by four gunmen. (AP)

Business and economy

The United Steelworkers union and Royal Dutch Shell negotiate a contract, pending union ratification, to end of a six-week strike that began February 1 that has affected twelve U.S. refineries. Previously, the strike had been cited as a reason for recent oil price increases. (AP)
In New York City, U.S. district court judge Thomas Griesa expands the force of his existing remedial rulings in the ongoing litigation over the Argentine debt restructuring, blocking planned bond payments by Citigroup. The Citigroup processing of payments would violate a requirement that Argentina treat bondholders equally. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2014–15 South Pacific cyclone season
- Vanuatu prepares for Tropical Cyclone Pam which is predicted to reach Category 5 on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. (ABC Australia via Weatherzone)
2014–15 Australian region cyclone season
- Tropical Cyclone Olwyn intensifies with the potential to reach Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale before making landfall in Western Australia's Pilbara region on March 13. (Perth Now)
The roof of a cement factory under construction collapses killing at least eight people and trapping dozens more in Mongla, Bangladesh. (BBC)(ABC)

Law and crime

Ferguson unrest
- An unknown gunman shoots two policemen in front of the Ferguson city police headquarters in the U.S. state of Missouri. (AP)
The anti-graft agency of the Communist Party of China (CCFDI) investigates former Urumqi party chief Li Zhi. He is the first official investigated from Xinjiang since the campaign began in 2013. (SCMP)

Science and technology

CERN's Large Hadron Collider, which went into shutdown for upgrades to increase beam energy, will resume operation later this month with the hope of creating more Higgs boson particles. (ZD Net)

Sports

FIFA expels Zimbabwe Football Association from qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup for failing to pay former head coach José Claudinei arrears. (FIFA)

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