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The IRS is pushing ahead with plans for its own version of a free direct-file option, announcing on Tuesday it will run a 13-state pilot program for next year that will allow a limited number of taxpayers to fill out and submit their tax returns online without having to use a paid service. 
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The lower house of the Russian Parliament on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban in what Moscow has described as a move to put itself on par with the United States.
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