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IRE hosts a Google Hangout in which The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists discusses its investigation into offshore secrecy, which tapped into a cache of 2.5 million files and "cracked open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts.

At least eight of the UK's leading fashion retailers had last night failed to put their names to a legally binding initiative to offer financial support for fire safety and building improvements in the wake of the Bangladesh garment disaster.

An incident on this year's World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, raises serious questions about the British government’s policy towards Bahrain. The British embassy in Manama marked the occasion by posting on its website two articles that argued against freedom of expression, denigrated Bahraini rights groups and justified government repression of sections of society.

The NSSP calls all forces to unite on the Black Day of protest against the raising of electricity prices in Sri Lanka and extends its full support to strike action on the 21st of May. The joint opposition has called for a mass protest on the 15th of May and trade unions have planned a strike on the 21st of May.

FOUR years ago this week, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam announced that their struggle for an independent homeland in northern Sri Lanka had “reached its bitter end.” The group had been fighting on behalf of the Tamil people for more than a quarter-century, and its defeat was absolute.

Pakistan Navy Ship SAIF is on a goodwill visit to the Trincomalee port from 14-17 May 2013, this visit signifies the strong diplomatic, cultural and military ties between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

The Archeology Department is currently in the process preparing replicas of every historical artifact in the country.

Despite inflated figures claimed by the likes of the Central Bank and the Board of Investment (BoI) about the foreign direct investments (FDIs) coming into the country, there has been a massive reduction in the investments entering the country.

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) has alleged that Minister Wimal Weerawansa may have links with Shiva Sena in India.General Secretary of the BBS Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero says that Minister Weerawansa’s wife is working with a Buddhist monk in Padukka who is funded by the Shiva Sena.

Twenty-four-year-old Bai Lu was just four days into her new job as a journalist at the Urumqi Evening Post when she was killed. She and her colleague, Chen Aiying, were struck by a bulldozer while reporting at a major construction project on April 18 in the city of Urumqi in Xinjiang province. Chen was seriously injured.

The Associated Press on Monday said the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations.

Heavy monsoon rains and a tropical cyclone threaten the lives of tens of thousands of displaced persons in western Myanmar unless the authorities immediately step up efforts to protect them, Amnesty International said.

Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera has overruled an order issued by MP Namal Rajapaksa to remove the Chairman of National Lotteries Board, Chaminda Athuluwage, who has been accused of many corrupt and fraudulent cases. Dr. Jayasundera has ordered not to remove Athuluwage.

The government it is learnt is gearing to purchase 50 limousines from UK’s Rolls Royce Company for the heads of state who are to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled to be held in Colombo from November 15th to 17th.