New Delhi: The latest set of India-related cables released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks include some that have a potential to embarrass India's power elite. A leaked cable released on March 15 discusses MK Narayanan's possibility of becoming the National Security Advisor (NSA) following JN Dixit's death. Narayanan, now Governor of West Bengal, was then the Acting NSA. The cable labelled "confidential", was cleared by the then US Ambassador to India...
04:51 PM, Mar 15, 2011
New Delhi: New Wikileaks cables accessed by the Hindu newspaper reveal that the US saw a pro-America tilt in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Cabinet - that was reshuffled in May 2006. Not surprisingly, the government was attacked today in Parliament - both by the Left and the Right. Government should give an explanation. The American ambassador should also be asked whether whatever has been said is the truth. If it...
03:24 PM, Mar 15, 2011
New Delhi: European countries are being used as hot destinations by terror group al-Qaeda to route money to India, according to a report by Peruvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The report said the FIU had found at least one case of such suspicious transaction by al-Qaeda every month and shared them with the US investigators. "The FIU also reports tracking cases similar to that of an OFAC-designated (US Office of...
10:03 AM, Mar 06, 2011
Washington: The Army private suspected of giving classified US documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks was forced to sleep naked in a military jail at least once this week, the Marine Corps acknowledged on Thursday after the soldier's lawyer complained. Commanders of the prison near Washington ordered all of Pfc Bradley Manning's clothing, including his boxer shorts, taken from him Wednesday night under provisions of the Navy Corrections Manual, which...
09:19 AM, Mar 05, 2011
London: Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have filed an appeal against a ruling that he be extradited to Sweden to face sex-crimes allegations, court officials said on Thursday. Officials at the High Court in London and Assange lawyers said the papers had been lodged. No date has been set for a hearing. Last week, a judge ruled that Assange should be extradited to face allegations of rape and sexual...
06:01 PM, Mar 03, 2011
Hollywood film mogul Steven Spielberg has bought the rights to the story of the WikiLeaks saga. The Guardian was one of the five original media outlets used by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to publicise the tranche of thousands of classified US documents relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and diplomatic cables. A book based on the story of the covert leaks, and controversial figurehead Assange, has been published by...
11:38 AM, Mar 03, 2011
Oslo: Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, the Internet and a Russian human rights activist are among a record 241 nominations for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Tuesday that the 2011 field includes 53 organisations and tops last year's 237 nominees. Known nominees also include Afghan rights advocate Sima Samar, the European Union, former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, Russian rights group Memorial...
10:57 AM, Mar 02, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who rocked the US government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled on Thursday. Assange's lawyers said immediately they planned to appeal against the decision to London's High Court and it could still be months before the legal process in Britain reaches an end. The 39-year-old Australian computer expert remains in...
07:03 AM, Feb 25, 2011
London: A British judge says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over sex crimes claims. Judge Howard Riddle says the allegations of rape and sexual molestation by two women are extraditable offenses and a Swedish warrant was properly issued. Lawyers for Assange have a week to appeal Thursday's decision. Riddle says "there is simply no reason to believe there has been a mistake" in issuing the warrant....
05:08 PM, Feb 24, 2011
New York: Offering a vivid account of the Gaddafi clan's "lavish spending," US diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks show that one of the sons of the Libyan ruler paid singer Mariah Carey a whopping $1 million to sing just four songs at a bash on a Caribbean island. "All of the (Muammar) Gaddafi children and favourites are supposed to have income streams from the National Oil Company and oil service...
08:00 PM, Feb 23, 2011
New York: More leaks about the WikiLeaks founder will soon be published. The Cogito Media Group is releasing "Julian Assange — WikiLeaks: Warrior for Truth," an unauthorized biography by Sophie Radermecker and Valerie Guichaoua. Cogito announced Friday that the book will come out in March and feature "graphic testimony from the women that Swedish prosecutors plan to use" against him in their investigation of possible rape. Assange is wanted for...
01:16 PM, Feb 21, 2011
London: A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused Sweden's prime minister on Friday of damaging his client's chances of a fair trial for alleged sex crimes by portraying him as "public enemy number one". Assange's lawyer Geoffrey Robertson, opposing a Swedish bid to extradite the Australian, said Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt had created a "toxic atmosphere" in Sweden with what he said was an inflammatory statement about Assange. The...
06:55 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Boston: Embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting an extradition case over sexual misconduct, has at least "four love children" with mistresses across the world, according to leaked excerpts of a tell-all book by a WikiLeaks defector. Former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who left the organisation amid tensions with Assange, has revealed in his forthcoming book that the 39-year old Assange used to "boast" about how many children he has fathered...
12:50 PM, Feb 11, 2011
London: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had advised the former US vice-president Dick Cheney not to dethrone Saddam Hussein, according to leaked US cables. Mubarak warned that by ignoring his advice and invading Iraq the Americans had increased the threat posed by Iran, The Telegraph reported WikiLeaks as stating, adding that he had stated this during a breakfast meet with US Congressmen at the presidential palace in Cairo in December, 2008....
10:17 AM, Feb 11, 2011
London: The man famous for leaking thousands of secret US military and diplomatic documents just spent two days in court fighting extradition to Sweden and criticizing prosecutors there for allegedly leaking his name to the media in a sex crimes inquiry. No one in court acknowledged any irony in Julian Assange's efforts to seek the protection of confidentiality. At a testy hearing in a London courtroom, both sides traded pointed...
07:09 AM, Feb 09, 2011
London: Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman was long seen by Israel as the preferred candidate to succeed President Hosni Mubarak, secret US diplomatic cables published on Monday suggested. According to an August 2008 cable released by WikiLeaks and published by the Daily Telegraph newspaper on its website, a senior adviser from the Israeli Ministry of Defense told US diplomats in Tel Aviv that the Israelis believe Suleiman would likely serve...
07:48 AM, Feb 08, 2011
London: The lawyer for Julian Assange argued on Monday that the embattled WikiLeaks founder will face a secret trial that violates international standards of fairness if sent to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations. Geoffrey Robertson told an extradition hearing that Assange would not get a fair trial because of his notoriety and because Swedish rape cases are customarily held without public or media present, to protect the alleged victims....
06:55 AM, Feb 08, 2011
A UK court will decide on Assange's extradition in the sexual assault case on two women in Sweden. ...
11:44 AM, Feb 07, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his entourage of lawyers, supporters, protesters and journalists are headed back to a London court for a showdown between the secret-spilling computer hacker and Swedish authorities who want him extradited to face sex crimes allegations. A two-day hearing that begins on Monday will decide Assange's legal fate. It will also keep the spotlight away from WikiLeaks' revelations and on its opinion-dividing frontman. Assange is...
11:41 PM, Feb 06, 2011
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