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Assange makes freedom plea after UN panel report

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on Britain and Sweden on Friday to let him freely leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London after a UN panel ruled he had been arbitrarily detained and should be awarded compensation. Assange,

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Assange arbitrarily detained: UN panel

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's three-and-a-half-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid rape investigation in Sweden amounts to 'arbitrary detention', a United Nations panel will rule on Friday. Assa

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Assange to leave Ecuador embassy if he loses UN case

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he took refuge in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, and accept arrest on Friday if a UN panel investigating his case rules against him, he said in a stat

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Assange wins Ecuador asylum; UK angry

  Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest

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UK threatens to storm Ecuador embassy

  The diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange escalated after Britain threatened to raid Ecuador's embassy in London if Quito did not hand over Assange, who has been taking refuge there for two months.

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Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and asked for asylum, officials said on Tuesday, in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations. Ecuadorean Foreign Mi

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WikiLeaks says 'blockade' threatens its existence

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Monday his website would soon cease to exist unless it was able to end a financial "blockade" by US firms such as Visa and MasterCard.  WikiLeaks, which has released tens of thousands of confid

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WikiLeaks denies charges it put lives in danger

WikiLeaks is defending itself against accusations that it may have put lives at risk by dumping uncensored US diplomatic cables on the Internet. In a series of cryptic Twitter messages, WikiLeaks suggested that sloppy handling by people wh

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WikiLeaks' Assange fears US extradition

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said that he was the target of an aggressive US investigation and feared extradition to the United States was "increasingly likely." The 39-year-old Australian computer expert, whom Swedish authorities want

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UK police arrest WikiLeaks' Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange handed himself in to British police on Tuesday after Sweden issued a warrant for his arrest over allegations of sex crimes, London's Metropolitan Police said. Assange, whose WikiLeaks website is at the cent

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