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Assange backers ordered to pay up
Oct 08, 2012 09:51 EDT
Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who stood as sureties before he took refuge in the Ecuadoran embassy in London were ordered on Monday to pay £93,500 ($150,000, 115,500 euros) by next month.
Assange has microwave and treadmill in his embassy home
Aug 20, 2012 07:56 EDT
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is keeping busy inside Ecuador's London embassy by working on his computer, exercising on a treadmill and cooking food in his microwave, according to friends.
Assange set to face world's media
Aug 18, 2012 22:41 EDT
Embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to face the world's media on Sunday from the safe haven of London's Ecuadoran embassy but risks arrest if he takes even one step out of the building.
Ecuador to take its time over Assange asylum claim
Jun 21, 2012 00:13 EDT
Ecuador will take its time in deciding whether to grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over fears he risks the death penalty in the US, its president said.
WikiLeaks founder Assange faces arrest after Ecuador bid
Jun 20, 2012 10:30 EDT
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is seeking political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, has breached bail conditions and faces arrest, police said on Wednesday.
Assange takes extradition battle to Britain's top court
Feb 01, 2012 12:39 EST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took his fight against extradition to Britain's Supreme Court Wednesday, arguing that sending him to Sweden over rape allegations would breach legal principles dating back 1,500 years.
WikiLeaks chief Assange takes case to UK's top court
Feb 01, 2012 08:03 EST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took his fight against extradition to Sweden over rape allegations to Britain's top court on Wednesday in a case that could trigger a major upheaval in European law.
WikiLeaks' Assange takes case to top British court
Feb 01, 2012 07:21 EST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took his fight against extradition to Sweden over rape allegations to Britain's top court on Wednesday in a case that could trigger a major upheaval in European law.
AFP reporter wins war correspondents' prize
Oct 08, 2011 14:08 EDT
AFP correspondent Sara Hussein was among the winners at the annual Bayeux-Calvados award for war correspondents announced Saturday in Rennes, northwest France.
WikiLeaks' Assange appeals UK extradition ruling
Jul 11, 2011 03:58 EDT
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Tuesday start his appeal against a British court ruling that he can be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape.
Facebook hires Google exec to lead M&A efforts
Mar 14, 2011 14:21 EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has hired a member of Google Inc's corporate development team to lead its fledgling merger and acquisition efforts, as the world's No. 1 Internet social network shows an increasing appetite for deals.
Assange vows more leaks, fears death penalty
Jan 11, 2011 11:39 EST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed on Tuesday to step up the website's release of secret US cables as his defence team warned he could face the death penalty if he is extradited from Britain.
Assange to face extradition hearing next month
Jan 11, 2011 07:15 EST
Julian Assange said his WikiLeaks website was preparing to release new classified US cables after a judge said Tuesday that Sweden's attempt to extradite him would be examined in full on February 7-8.
US seeks legal pursuit of 'terrorist' Assange: Biden
Dec 20, 2010 02:58 EST
US vice president Joe Biden blasted Julian Assange as a dangerous "hi-tech terrorist" and said Washington was exploring a legal pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder.
US seeks legal pursuit of 'hi-tech terrorist' Assange: Biden
Dec 19, 2010 19:45 EST
US vice president Joe Biden on Sunday blasted Julian Assange as a dangerous "hi-tech terrorist" and said Washington was exploring a legal pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder.
Assange vows WikiLeaks to stay strong despite new blow
Dec 19, 2010 04:50 EST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the site will stay strong despite another blow to its funding and the publication Sunday of new details of the sex crime allegations against him.
Snow and mansion arrest fail to silence WikiLeaks chief
Dec 18, 2010 17:02 EST
Deep in the snowy English countryside, Julian Assange spends his time at a friend's mansion defending the WikiLeaks website following his release on bail from a London prison.
Assange cites McCarthyism as BoA tightens WikiLeaks vice
Dec 18, 2010 15:41 EST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denounced "business McCarthyism" in the United States after the Bank of America halted all transactions to the website Saturday.
WikiLeaks' Assange says fears U.S. extradition
Dec 18, 2010 10:04 EST
ELLINGHAM, England (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday that he was the target of an aggressive U.S. investigation and feared extradition to the United States was "increasingly likely."
WikiLeaks man's UK mansion is 'better' than jail
Dec 18, 2010 05:01 EST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said it was "increasingly likely" the US would try to extradite him on charges related to leaked cables as he savoured his first day on bail.