Argentine president calls for intelligence service reform following prosecutor death

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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is calling on the nation's Congress to dissolve and reform intelligence services, The Associated Press reports.

Her comments come after the mysterious Jan. 18 death of a federal prosecutor. Alberto Nisman accused Fernandez of working with Iranian officials to cover up details of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.