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US preparing to indict me for espionage: Assange

London: Fearing that his freedom may be "short lived", WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday that the US is preparing to indict him on espionage charges and it was likely that he may be extradited. Assange he had an emotional reunion with his mother at the 600-acre Suffolk estate where he is currently under house arrest after being released on bail, Assange told newsmen: "The US is preparing to...  

Assange says he fears being extradited to US

Ellingham, England: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday 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 to question over alleged sexual offences, has angered the United States by releasing secret diplomatic cables on his website and teaming up with newspapers around the globe to amplify the impact of...  

Assange to run WikiLeaks from his gilded cage

London: Nestled among greens on a rolling 650 acre estate in Norfolk sits the Georgian mansion of Ellingham Hall, owned by a loyal supporter of online whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks and temporary home to its founder Julian Assange. Ellingham Hall, a 10-bedroom mansion, is owned by Vaughan Smith, a former army captain and WikiLeaks sympathizer, who was approved to provide surety for Assange. Assange will observe a curfew during his stay...  

It's great to smell fresh air again: Assange

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, walked free on bail from a British jail on Thursday protesting his innocence and pledging to continue exposing official secrets. A triumphant but weary-looking Assange spoke to a crowd of journalists waiting in the snow outside Britain's High Court five hours after a judge said he could be released on 200,000 pounds ($312,000) bail and under stringent...  

I will prove my innocence, says Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was finally released on bail by the British authorities in London late on Thursday night. ...  

Tweeting allowed during Assange bail hearing

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's bail hearing has made legal history, as the judge conducting the proceedings allowed reporters to send live updates of the case on the social networking website Twitter. Howard Riddle, the Chief Magistrate of a district court in London, relaxed the rules and agreed that reporters could send the short messages, known as "Tweets", as long as they did so "quietly" and "did not disturb" the...  

FTN: Should WikiLeaks be shut down?

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted bail on Tuesday by a London court, a week after he was arrested on a sexual offence charge. ...

WikiLeaks: Assange gets bail but to remain in jail

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a target of US ire for releasing secret cables, returned to a London jail on Tuesday pending an appeal over a decision to free him on 200,000 pound ($ 317,400) bail for alleged sex crimes. British judge Howard Riddle had initially granted Assange bail but prosecutors, representing Swedish authorities, challenged the decision before the 39-year-old Australian had left the court in central London. "An appeal...  

Wikileaks: Assange gets conditional bail

London: A British judge has granted conditional bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The judge at a London court said on Tuesday that Assange must abide by strict bail conditions as he fights extradition to Sweden in a sex-crimes investigation. The 39-year-old Australian has been held in a London prison for a week after surrendering to Scotland Yard police to answer a Swedish arrest warrant. Assange is wanted for questioning...  

WikiLeaks: Assange's mother defends him

Melbourne: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's mother has said that she is worried about her son as "massive forces" are working against him and insisted that there is "no way" he is guilty of rape, which he is charged with in Sweden. "These massive forces have decided they're going to stop him and they're not going to play by the rules," Christine Assange was quoted as saying by the media. On...  

Ex-WikiLeaks staff to launch rival site

Stockholm: A group of former WikiLeaks collaborators who quit the project are to launch a new campaigning site next week to protest against its founder, a Swedish newspaper said on Thursday. Respected daily Dagens Nyheter said the decision was made to launch the site, Openleaks, in protest against Julian Assange. It did not elaborate. "Our long-term goal is to build a strong, transparent platform to support whistleblowers, both in terms...  

Pak lawyers to honour Assange

Lahore: A Pakistani lawyers' body, on Thursday announced it would present a human rights award to Julian Assange, the founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks whose release of secret US diplomatic cables have created a storm in the country. Judicial Activism Penal chairman Muhammad Azhar Saddique told that the group had passed a resolution demanding that the United Nations should intervene to secure the release of Assange, who has been arrested...  

Cyber group says WikiLeaks attacks to grow

London: More cyber attacks in retaliation for attempts to block the WikiLeaks website are likely in a "data war" to protect Internet freedom, a representative of one of the groups involved said on Thursday. Though no major websites appeared to be under attack early on Thursday, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet said the Swedish government's website was down for a short time during the night. Sweden had issued an arrest warrant for...  

WikiLeaks data stored in Cold War-era bunker

London: Just like in a 007 film, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has kept thousands of secret US diplomatic files at a former Swedish Cold War nuclear bunker that houses dozens of powerful computer servers used as storage by many companies. "With his eccentric personal life and air of mystery, the flamboyant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange seems to be doing his best to impersonate a James Bond villain," the Daily Mail...  

WikiLeaks triggers the first world war on the Web

London: The website attacks launched by supporters of WikiLeaks show 21st-century cyber warfare evolving into a more amateur and anarchic affair than many predicted. While most countries have plowed much more attention and resources into cyber security in recent years, most of the debate has focused on the threat from militant groups such as al Qaeda or mainstream state on state conflict. But attempts to silence WikiLeaks after the leaking...  

WikiLeaks' payment processor to sue card cos

London: WikiLeaks' payment processor says it is preparing to sue credit card companies Visa and MasterCard over their refusal to process donations to the secret-spilling website. The statement by Iceland's DataCell ehf comes as Internet payment company PayPal says it will return the funds frozen in WikiLeaks' account to the foundation that was fund raising for it. It isn't yet clear where or when such a lawsuit would be heard....  

Assange was a bright kid, says stepfather

Melbourne: Beleaguered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was a bright kid, with a strong sense of right and wrong, and he always fought for the underdog, his stepfather has said. Brett Assange, who lives in Sydney's inner suburbs, helped raise Julian from the age of one, the Herald Sun reported Wednesday. "He was very sharp, he was very sure of himself," he said. Brett said Julian was "quite sophisticated in his...