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Assange's UK lawyer says half of bail cash raised

A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Wednesday his backers had raised around half of the 200,000 pounds ($317,400) cash he needs to secure bail after he was accused of sex crimes in Sweden.

Assange back in jail as Sweden appeals bail

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a target of U.S. 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.
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WikiLeaks' Assange defiant as lawyers seek bail

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has denounced the firms that suspended payments to his website as instruments of U.S. foreign policy and called for help in protecting his work from their illegal and immoral attacks.
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WikiLeaks's founder Assange seeks bail in UK court

Lawyers for Julian Assange, held in Britain over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden, will try again on Tuesday to win bail for the WikiLeaks founder who provoked U.S. fury by publishing secret diplomatic cables.
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Swedish police identify Stockholm bomber as Iraqi-born

Swedish police have identified the suspected suicide bomber as Iraqi-born Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly. According to local media reports he was allegedly carrying a backpack and rug sack with bombs and explosives strapped around his waist.
Swedish police probe Stockholm blasts as 'terrorist attacks'

Swedish police probe Stockholm blasts termed 'terrorist attacks'

The Swedish police announced that the bomb blasts in the capital, Stockholm, were acts of 'terrorism'. At a press conference on Sunday morning, the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) said it had taken over the investigations of case which appeared to be a suicide bomber attack.
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EU leaders to agree on law change for euro stability

European Union leaders will agree next week to insert two sentences into the EU treaty to pave the way for the creation of the European Stability Mechanism from 2013, draft conclusions of the summit showed.
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Cyber group says WikiLeaks attacks to grow

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.
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WikiLeaks supporters attack MasterCard site: BBC

Hackers have crashed the website of credit card firm MasterCard in apparent retaliation for its blocking of donations to the Wikileaks website, the BBC and other media reported on Wednesday.
WikiLeaks founder jailed in London

Wikileaks founder jailed in England

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is behind bars in London, facing extradition to Sweden where he is charged with rape and sexual molestation in two separate cases.
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UK court refuses bail to WikiLeak's Assange

Julian Assange was refused bail by UK's Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday, where the charges were read out to him a short while ago, setting off a judicial process leading to his possible extradition to Sweden.
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Charges read out to Assange in UK court; Prosecution objects to bail

Julian Assange appeared at UK's Westminster magistrates court a short while ago, where the charges were read out to him, setting off a judicial process leading to his possible extradition to Sweden. The Sky News said Assange had sought Australian consular assistance and that staff of the Australian High Commission were with him inside the court.
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Brazil wanted to buy, make French Rafales: WikiLeaks

Brazil has sought to buy French Rafale jets and acquire the technology to build them at home for export to other Latin American countries by 2030, the daily Le Monde reported on Sunday, citing leaked U.S. diplomatic cables.
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WikiLeaks founder says guards against death threats

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday he and colleagues were taking steps to protect themselves after death threats following the publication of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables on their website.
Anonymous, HBGary, US security firms cross swords in the name of WikiLeaks

Wikileaks website 'killed' Worldwide

Whistle-blower site Wikileaks has been killed Worldwide. Servers in the United States have killed the site's domain name after they claimed mass attacks. The withdrawal of the domain name implies that the website has been shutdown across the World. A twitter message of the website posted on Friday confirms the reports.
Wikileaks' Assange loses Sweden appeal

Wikileaks' Assange loses Sweden appeal

The highest Court in Sweden has rejected Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against his detention orders on Thursday. The Apex Court confirmed the earlier decision of the Svea Appeals Court to uphold the detention order. Earlier this week Assange's lawyer appealed against an arrest warrant issued against the 39-year-old Australian.
Amazon ousts Wikileaks

Amazon ousts Wikileaks from its servers

The mounting pressure of US government forced Amazon to oust Wikileaks website from its servers. Web users across the world, yet again, called for a boycott of Amazon.

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