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Cut Diplomatic Ties? Hide Him In A Crate? How Might Assange Standoff End?

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Cut Diplomatic Ties? Hide Him In A Crate? How Might Assange Standoff End?

August 16, 2012 • As the WikiLeaks founder remains holed up in Ecuador's London embassy, theories are emerging about how British police might get to him — and how he might be able to avoid arrest and get out of the country.

Cut Diplomatic Ties? Hide Him In A Crate? How Might Assange Standoff End?

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Ecuador Gives WikiLeaks' Assange Asylum

August 16, 2012 • The WikiLeaks founder has been living in Ecuador's London embassy since June. He's trying to avoid being extradited to Sweden, which wants to question him about allegations of sexual misconduct. Assange says his enemies want to eventually send him to the U.S.

Ecuador Says U.K. Threatened To Storm Embassy, If Assange Isn't Turned Over

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Ecuador Says U.K. Threatened To Storm Embassy, If Assange Isn't Turned Over

August 15, 2012 • "Ecuador is not a British colony," Ecuador's foreign minister said angrily.

WikiLeaks Begins Release Of 2.4 Million Emails Linked To Syrian Officials

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WikiLeaks Begins Release Of 2.4 Million Emails Linked To Syrian Officials

July 5, 2012 • The whistle-blowing website says the exchanges will embarrass some western companies.

If WikiLeaks' Assange Steps Out, He's Due To Be Arrested

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If WikiLeaks' Assange Steps Out, He's Due To Be Arrested

June 20, 2012 • He's reportedly still inside Ecuador's embassy in London, where he showed up Tuesday and asked for political asylum.

On 'Morning Edition': Philip Reeves reports

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Ecuador Says WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Has Asked President For Asylum

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Ecuador Says WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Has Asked President For Asylum

June 19, 2012 • Ecuador's foreign minister said Assange was at the country's embassy in London.

Wikileaks Founder Loses Bid To Stop Extradition From Britain

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Wikileaks Founder Loses Bid To Stop Extradition From Britain

June 14, 2012 • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lost an appeal to Britain's highest court to stop his extradition to Sweden, where he's wanted for questioning in connection with two sex crimes.

WikiLeaks' Assange Has Two Weeks To Appeal Extradition Decision

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WikiLeaks' Assange Has Two Weeks To Appeal Extradition Decision

May 30, 2012 • The WikiLeaks founder has been fighting Swedish authorities' efforts to question him about alleged sex assaults. Britain's highest court has now said he can be extradited. But Assange's attorneys plan to challenge that ruling.

WikiLeaks Founder Assange To Run For Australian Senate

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WikiLeaks Founder Assange To Run For Australian Senate

March 17, 2012 • The Australian is angry that his government hasn't supported him over the WikiLeaks release of hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. government files. He remains under house arrest in England, fighting extradition to Sweden, where he's accused of two sex crimes.

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WikiLeaks Starts Posting Millions Of Security Firm Stratfor's Emails

February 27, 2012 • The company calls WikiLeaks' actions deplorable and illegal. WikiLeaks says it is exposing a firm that provides "confidential intelligence services to large corporations."

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he arrived at London's High Court this morning (Nov. 2, 2011).

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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal

November 2, 2011 • Assange, now in the U.K., denies he sexually assaulted two women in Sweden. He hasn't been charged with any crime and says extradition may be a ruse aimed at eventually sending him to the U.S. for prosecution over the release of classified material.

Larry Miller on the Assange ruling

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WikiLeaks Halts Operations, May Have To Close

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George W. Bush Cancels Denver Appearance Because Assange Might Speak

February 25, 2011 • "The former president has no desire to share a forum with a man who has willfully and repeatedly done great harm to the interests of the United States," his spokesman says. Julian Assange is WikiLeaks' founder.

Lawyer For WikiLeaks' Assange Deliberately Misled Court, Judge Says

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Cut Diplomatic Ties? Hide Him In A Crate? How Might Assange Standoff End?

Cut Diplomatic Ties? Hide Him In A Crate? How Might Assange Standoff End?

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Ecuador Gives WikiLeaks' Assange Asylum

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Ecuador Says U.K. Threatened To Storm Embassy, If Assange Isn't Turned Over

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WikiLeaks Begins Release Of 2.4 Million Emails Linked To Syrian Officials

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If WikiLeaks' Assange Steps Out, He's Due To Be Arrested

On 'Morning Edition': Philip Reeves reports

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Ecuador Says WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Has Asked President For Asylum

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Wikileaks Founder Loses Bid To Stop Extradition From Britain

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WikiLeaks' Assange Has Two Weeks To Appeal Extradition Decision

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WikiLeaks Founder Assange To Run For Australian Senate

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WikiLeaks Starts Posting Millions Of Security Firm Stratfor's Emails

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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal

Larry Miller on the Assange ruling

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WikiLeaks Halts Operations, May Have To Close

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In Hollywood, A Billboard In Support Of WikiLeaks

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George W. Bush Cancels Denver Appearance Because Assange Might Speak

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Lawyer For WikiLeaks' Assange Deliberately Misled Court, Judge Says