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BERLIN (AP):The German newspaper that first obtained the so-called 'Panama Papers', a vast trove of documents on offshore companies, said yesterday that it won't publish all the files, arguing that not all are of public interest.Sueddeutsche Zeitung...

NEW MEXICO (AP):Advocates took action on two fronts Wednesday to push for better treatment of immigrants in federal custody, claiming that they are having their belongings taken by United States agents and are languishing behind bars because of...

BERLIN (AP):The president of Ukraine became the latest prominent politician to deny wrongdoing yesterday after his name was linked to secretive offshore accounts arranged by a Panama law firm.The revelations have raised suspicion that such offshore...

JEFFERSON CITY (AP):Republican lawmakers, upset about the Supreme Court decision legalising gay marriage have advanced measures in about a dozen states this year that could strengthen protections for those who refuse on religious grounds to provide...

BERLIN (AP):British Prime Minister David Cameron said he and his family do not benefit from offshore funds, after the leader of the opposition called for an independent investigation into everyone holding money in tax havens.A leak of millions of...

PANAMA CITY (AP):Panamanians have long shrugged off their country's checkered reputation as a financial haven for drug lords, tax dodgers and corrupt oligarchs. They like to joke that if they're crooks, they've learned it from the world's wealthy...

PORT OF SPAIN, CMC:Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has described the crime situation in Trinidad and Tobago as a "national crisis" and vowed that his administration would seek to enact legislation to deal with criminal activities with or...

DIKILI, (AP):A controversial European Union plan to curb migration and smash smuggling rings in Turkey began yesterday as 202 migrants from two Greek islands were piled onto boats heading back to Turkey.Under heavy security, auth orities on the...

Press association wants Freedom of Information legislation passedCMCBAHAMASNASSAU, CMC:The Bahamas Press Club 2014 (BPC-2014) is calling on the government to pass Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation so as to ensure that the entire country has...