May 28, 2012
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National: 28 May 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's battle to avoid extradition from the UK to face sex crimes allegations in Sweden is set to come to a conclusion on Wednesday when the Supreme Court hands down its ruling on the case.
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National: 23 May 12
The judgement in Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's continuing fight to avoid extradition to Sweden will be given on May 30th, Britain's Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
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National: 28 Feb 12
Swedish journalists were the subject of a secret probe by WikiLeaks aimed at exposing what leaders of the whistleblower website are convinced is a conspiracy by Sweden against founder Julian Assange, according to a Swedish media report.
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Politics: 27 Feb 12
Foreign minister Carl Bildt believes Sweden should be a “world power” and once called Russian prime minister Vladmir Putin a “chetnik”, according to internal emails from a US security firm released by WikiLeaks on Monday.
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Politics: 23 Feb 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Thursday he is taking very seriously WikiLeaks' plans to launch a smear campaign against Sweden to stop the potential extradition of founder Julian Assange to the United States.
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National: 22 Feb 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has served as an informant for the United States for decades, according to secret documents to be released by WikiLeaks as part of a smear campaign to halt Sweden's presumed extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.
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National: 2 Feb 12
Sweden's efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face sex crimes accusations is not a breach of his human rights, lawyers told the UK Supreme Court on Thursday.
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National: 1 Feb 12
Julian Assange, head of WikiLeaks, appeared before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday, starting the new leg in his battle against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jan 12
Julian Assange appears before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday to fight extradition to Sweden to face sex crimes accusations. If the WikiLeaks founder's appeal succeeds, the effects would be “profound”, according to one expert.
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National: 16 Dec 11
The UK's highest court on Friday granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition from Britain to Sweden to face rape allegations, with the hearing set to start on February 1st.
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National: 8 Dec 11
The British Supreme Court will decide by Christmas whether to hear the appeal of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against the earlier decision to extradite him to Sweden, a court spokeswoman revealed on Wednesday.
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National: 5 Dec 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been cleared to apply to the UK Supreme Court in an attempt to block his extradition to Sweden over rape allegations, a London court ruled on Monday.
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National: 4 Dec 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hopes to avoid extradition to Sweden by having his case heard by Britain's High Court, the final card in a legal battle that has lasted almost a year.
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National: 18 Nov 11
Julian Assange has dumped his Swedish lawyer in favour of a new defence team including an attorney involved in the Pirate Bay trial, as the WikiLeaks founder continues to fight his extradition to Sweden.
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National: 16 Nov 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday applied to Britain's Supreme Court to hear his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer questions over rape allegations.
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National: 12 Nov 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is planning his return to Sweden to be questioned over rape and sexual assault allegations, according to a Swedish PR firm claiming they have been hired to handle the media pressure.
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National: 3 Nov 11
Julian Assange's mother and lawyers on Thursday increased pressure on the Australian government to intervene over the WikiLeaks founder's extradition to Sweden, arguing he won't get a fair trial.
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National: 2 Nov 11
The mother of Julian Assange lashed out at the Swedish judicial system on Wednesday, claiming her son's "human rights" would be at risk after he is extradited to Sweden.
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Society: 2 Nov 11
The two Swedish women who allege they were raped and sexually assaulted by Julian Assange are "relieved" by a UK court ruling ordering the WikiLeaks founder be extradited to Sweden, their lawyer said on Wednesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Nov 11
A timeline of WikiLeak's rise to prominence and subsequent attempts to clamp down on the site and extradite its founder, Julian Assange, who on Wednesday lost an appeal of his extradition to Sweden to answer questions sex crimes accusations.
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National: 2 Nov 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal of a UK court ruling requiring that he be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over sex crimes allegations. His lawyers say they are considering an appeal of the the ruling.
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National: 1 Nov 11
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange awaits a London court's ruling on whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over rape allegations, experts say that appealing the decision may be difficult, the AFP's Danny Kemp explains.
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National: 28 Oct 11
A court in London will rule on Wednesday next week on whether or not WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited from Britain to face sex crimes allegations in Sweden.
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National: 22 Sep 11
The controversial autobiography of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hits the shops on Thursday, in which he repudiates the claims that he is guilty of raping two Swedish women while offering up more details about his version of events.
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National: 14 Jul 11
Judges in the UK High Court on Wednesday deferred their decision an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.
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National: 13 Jul 11
Lawyers representing Swedish prosecutors accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's representatives of having a "19th century" attitude to sexual consent as they opposed the Australian's bid to have an extradition order overturned.
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National: 13 Jul 11
Lawyers representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his battle to overturn a decision to extradite him from the UK to Sweden to face rape allegations, are following a less "bombastic" approach to their client's defence.
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National: 12 Jul 11
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange arrived at the High Court in London on Tuesday to open his appeal against a ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face allegations of rape.
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National: 11 Jul 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Tuesday begin his appeal against a UK court ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face rape and sexual assault allegations.
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National: 16 Jun 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday blasted the conditions of his ongoing detention in the UK as "excessive" six months after he was granted conditional bail in his fight against extradition to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations.
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National: 10 Jun 11
The Swedish lawyer for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been reprimanded by the Swedish Bar Association following criticism from an English judge.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 May 11
In the final days of his shortened term as US ambassador to Sweden, Matthew Barzun tells The Local's David Landes about what Sweden can teach the world about balance as he prepares to help US President Barack Obama get reelected.
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Analysis & Opinion: 11 May 11
While conspiracy theorists have long viewed the exclusive global network of elites known as the Bilderberg Group as a secretive global government, a new book by a Sweden-based academic argues the group's influence is often overstated, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson explains.
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National: 5 May 11
Nearly one third of Swedish lawyers, including best-selling author and lawyer Jens Lapidus, believe WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange is warranted in criticising the Swedish legal system, a new survey shows.
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National: 27 Apr 11
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks has slammed a Swedish tabloid as 'corrupt and politicized' the day after it published a scoop on Swedish Guantanamo detainee Mehdi Ghezali.
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National: 26 Apr 11
Swedish citizen Mehdi Ghezali was held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, not because he had committed a crime, but to provide information about terrorist recruiting methods, according to documents made public by WikiLeaks.
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National: 10 Mar 11
The lead police interrogator in the case of suspected rape involving Julian Assange has personal and political connections to one of the two WikiLeaks founder's accusers, according to a media report.
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National: 7 Mar 11
Swedish objections to a controversial Baltic Sea pipeline to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany fell on deaf ears in Russia, according to US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.
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Society: 3 Mar 11
The legal team for Julian Assange on Thursday filed an appeal contesting a British court ruling that the WikiLeaks founder should be extradited to Sweden to face questioning in an ongoing sex crimes investigation.
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Society: 2 Mar 11
Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer Björn Hurtig is under investigation by the Swedish Bar Association following accusations made by a British judge during the WikiLeaks founder's extradition trial.
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National: 25 Feb 11
Proving the rape claims against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will present a challenge for Swedish prosecutors amid a climate of mistrust against them, according to a major Swedish daily.
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National: 24 Feb 11
With Julian Assange facing extradition to Sweden following a UK court ruling on Thursday, his Swedish lawyer rejected claims that the WikiLeaks founder would not be treated fairly by Swedish courts.
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National: 24 Feb 11
The mother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told Australian media on Thursday that a UK court decision paving the way for her son's extradition to Sweden amounted to "political and legal gang rape".
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National: 24 Feb 11
A UK court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over sex crimes allegations. His lawyers have said they will appeal the decision.
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Society: 24 Feb 11
A UK court will on Thursday morning rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face rape charges.
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Business & Money: 18 Feb 11
Swedish defence firm Saab has faced another setback in its bid to sell its Gripen aircraft to Brazil after a US official announced that it has a "significant technology transfer" if the country buys US-made fighter jets.
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National: 17 Feb 11
Australia's ambassador in Stockholm has written an appeal to Sweden's justice minister for assurances that Julian Assange, an Australian national, will be treated fairly should the WikiLeaks founder be extradited to Sweden.
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Politics: 16 Feb 11
Sweden has participated in a foreign policy cooperation with the United States, Baltic and Nordic countries to drive a wedge between Russian leaders Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, documents released by WikiLeaks show.
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National: 11 Feb 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will have to wait to find out if he is to be extradited to Sweden over allegations of sex offences, while his lawyer launched a scathing attack on Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Society: 9 Feb 11
The case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition to Sweden over rape allegations, has prompted a growing debate on the 'grey zones' of the country's sexual assault legislation.
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National: 9 Feb 11
Lawyers for Julian Assange said on Tuesday their client had repeatedly offered to be interviewed in Sweden over sex crime allegations. The WikiLeaks founder's extradition hearing is scheduled to resume on Friday.
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Politics: 9 Feb 11
Claims by lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that extradition to the United States could land him in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp or on death row are "impossible", according to experts.
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Politics: 8 Feb 11
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt defended his country's judiciary on Tuesday against "condescending" portrayals put forth by lawyers defending WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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National: 8 Feb 11
Lawyers representing WkiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a British court on Tuesday that there was no need to extradite the Australian to Sweden as he could just as well be interviewed over rape allegations by videolink.
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National: 8 Feb 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at a UK court on Tuesday to continue his battle against extradition to Sweden on suspicion of rape and molestation, arguing that the claims of his accusers lack substance.
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Politics: 7 Feb 11
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Monday their client would face a "blatantly unfair" trial in Sweden for the sex crimes allegations against him.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 11
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange enters the next round of his legal battle stemming from sex crime allegations in Sweden, The Local’s Karen Holst takes a look at some of the conspiracy theories surrounding Assange and his secret-divulging website.
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National: 6 Feb 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to appear before a British court on Monday to fight his extradition to Sweden following the leak of details on the rape allegations against him.
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National: 5 Feb 11
Explicit details related to the allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange involving rape and sexual molestation have been exposed online just days before his February 7th extradition hearing in London.
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National: 3 Feb 11
Bulgaria's defence ministry said Wednesday it had requested information from Sweden on the potential supply of Gripen fighter jets for its air force.
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Science & Technology: 30 Jan 11
Sveriges Radio (SR) has announced that it is set to launch Radioleaks - a service that makes it possible for would be whistleblowers to share sensitive information securely.
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Science & Technology: 25 Jan 11
Heat produced by hard-working WikiLeaks servers housed underground in Stockholm may be used to help warm up a local church, according to a proposal from the head internet service provider Bahnhof.
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Politics: 24 Jan 11
Three major newspapers in northern Europe will join forces with a Norwegian paper to comb through about 250,000 cables originally exclusively handled by WikiLeaks' media partners, newspaper Svenska Dagbladet told AFP on Sunday.
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Politics: 23 Jan 11
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Migration Minister Tobias Billström's refusals to answer questions about a recent Wikileak released on Friday has fuelled sharp criticism from the opposition over the weekend.
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Politics: 21 Jan 11
A Green Party member is considering reporting Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Migration Minister Tobias Billström to a parliamentary committee following a WikiLeak exposing statements that they made in 2007 about Iraqi refugees.
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National: 12 Jan 11
The lawyer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's has accused Swedish authorities of secretly planning to extradite him to the US in a German media report.
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National: 11 Jan 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyers have accused Swedish prosecutors of "corrupt" behaviour in their attempts to extradite him on rape allegations.
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National: 11 Jan 11
Following his appearance in a London court related a request to extradite him to Sweden, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced on Tuesday that the website will release new classified US diplomatic cables.
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Science & Technology: 2 Jan 11
Sweden has a key role in Europe as the U.S. prepares for future cyber-warfare, classified documents released by WikiLeaks indicate.
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National: 27 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced that he was forced to sign book deals reportedly worth about $1.7 million due to the ongoing financial hardships that he is currently facing, according to media reports.
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National: 24 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lashed out at a British daily for publishing parts of a Swedish police report detailing the rape allegations against him.
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Society: 23 Dec 10
While the world continues to talk about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's case, Sweden-based journalist Johanna Koljonen is encouraging women around the world to share their feelings online about negative sexual experiences.
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National: 21 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange alleged on Tuesday that the Swedish women who accused him of sexual assault got into a "tizzy" about possibly contracting a sexually transmitted disease from him.
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Politics: 21 Dec 10
Sweden was pressured by the United States to increase its commitment in Afghanistan, documents released by WikiLeaks reveal.
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National: 19 Dec 10
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vows to fight against his extradition from the UK to Sweden, police reports have shed more light on the women and the events at the centre of the sex crime allegations against him.
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National: 17 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called attempts to extradite him to Sweden part of a "smear campaign" after he was granted bail in London.
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National: 16 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted conditional bail on Thursday after a London court rejected an appeal to keep him in jail as he fights extradition to Sweden to answer allegations of sex crimes.
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National: 16 Dec 10
The request to oppose bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange did not come from Sweden but from British prosecutors acting on behalf of their Swedish counterparts, Britain's top state prosecutor said Thursday.
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National: 16 Dec 10
Beleaguered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will learn on Thursday if he will be granted bail as he battles extradition attempts to Sweden over allegations of rape and molestation.
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National: 15 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains in a London prison even after a British court decided to grant him bail on charges of rape and molestation after Swedish prosecutors challenged the ruling.
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National: 14 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to remain in prison despite being granted conditional bail earlier on Tuesday after lawyers acting for Sweden said they would challenge the ruling.
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National: 14 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to appear in a British court on Tuesday in a second attempt to secure bail after his arrest over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden.
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National: 13 Dec 10
As WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange awaits his extradition hearing in London related to rape and sexual molestation allegations, his Swedish attorney lashed out at his client’s accusers, claiming they had “an agenda”.
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National: 11 Dec 10
A number of demonstrations are set to take place around the world on Saturday to call for the release of beleaguered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from a London prison, where he awaits possible extradition to Sweden to face rape charges.
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National: 11 Dec 10
Shrien Dewani, who is wanted in South Africa for his involvement in the murder of his Swedish bride on their honeymoon, left prison on bail on Friday, with his spokesman saying he would continue "bereavement counselling."
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National: 10 Dec 10
Gothenburg municipal officials described Sweden's integration policy as a "fiasco" to the US embassy, according to a document published by WikiLeaks.
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Business & Money: 9 Dec 10
Swedish micropay site Flattr, which was launched by The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde, remains one of the sole online financial lifelines for embattled whistleblower site WikiLeaks.
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Science & Technology: 9 Dec 10
The name of Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has been hijacked on the internet, with a website featuring her name in the address now linking to WikiLeaks as the Swedish government's website was also crippled by an apparent cyber attack.
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National: 9 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyers spoke out on Wednesday, insisting that the accusations of rape and molestation made against him by Swedish prosecutors are "politically motivated."
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National: 8 Dec 10
The sexual assault claims against Julian Assange are unrelated to the activities of his WikiLeaks website, the lawyer for the two Swedish women whose claims resulted in his arrest said on Wednesday.
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National: 8 Dec 10
A new brand of hacker attack knocked out the websites of the Swedish prosecutor's office as well as the lawyer representing the women at the centre of rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The matter has now been reported to the police.
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National: 8 Dec 10
High-profile human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson will represent beleaguered WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in his extradition fight from Britain to Sweden, the lawyer's office announced on Wednesday.
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Politics: 8 Dec 10
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt denied on Wednesday that there have been contacts between Swedish and US authorities on the possible extradition of beleaguered WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
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Politics: 8 Dec 10
The United States and Sweden have worked closely with one another to combat illegal file sharing, documents released by WikiLeaks reveal.
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Science & Technology: 8 Dec 10
Hackers brought down the website of the Swedish prosecutor's office on Tuesday night in an apparent show of support for embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was remanded by a British court earlier in the day.
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Business & Money: 8 Dec 10
The likelihood that Brazil will purchase Swedish-made Saab Gripen fighter jets to modernise its air force diminished significantly following recent comments by the outgoing Brazilian president, analysts believe.
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National: 7 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was remanded in custody by London court on Tuesday after he vowed to fight extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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National: 7 Dec 10
UK police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London on Tuesday on suspicion of rape on an arrest warrant issued by Swedish authorities.
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National: 7 Dec 10
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt likes to do housework and his opinions are likely influenced a great deal by his wife Filippa, according to a cable from the US embassy released by WikiLeaks.
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National: 7 Dec 10
Embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will fight an extradition request to Sweden, his lawyer said Tuesday, after British police received a demand to send him to face charges in Stockholm.
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