Julian Assange complaint dismissed
September 11th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Sept 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A case that had been filed by Julian Assange on Monday against a broadcasting watchdog in Britain that showed him dancing in a night club has ... Read more...
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L’Affaire Assange: Lessons from Latin America (Comment)
September 3rd, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
On August 19, news networks all over the world showed Julian Assange step on to a small balcony of the apartment occupied by the Embassy of Ecuador in London to ... Read more...
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Assange lawyer stopped at Heathrow
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 2 (IANS) A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was stopped at Heathrow and told she was on a secret watch-list and required special clearance before she could ... Read more...
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Ecuador refuses to extradite Belarus cop
August 30th, 2012 - 6:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ecuador's top court has rejected an extradition request for a former Belarusian investigative police officer.According to Belarusian news portal Platforma, 30-year-old Alexander Barankov, wanted by ... Read more...
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Argentina criticises Britain’s ‘arrogance’ in Assange case
August 29th, 2012 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Aug 29 (IANS) Argentina's Ambassador to Britain Alicia Castro has criticized the British government's "arrogance" in dealing with the Julian Assange case.Castro told a radio station that the ... Read more...
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Assange guilty of only ‘bad sexual etiquette’: British MP
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 22 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, wanted in Sweden over allegations of sexual assault, may only be guilty of "bad sexual etiquette" and that the case has "all ... Read more...
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Raiding embassy for Assange will be ’suicidal’, Ecuador tells UK
August 21st, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) It would be "suicide" for Britain to enter Ecuador's embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuador President Rafael Correa has warned.Correa warned such ... Read more...
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South America backs Ecuador’s asylum offer to Assange
August 20th, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Quito (Ecuador), Aug 20 (IANS) The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) has voiced its support to Ecuador in granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and strongly condemned Britain ... Read more...
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Britain doesn’t know who it is dealing with: Ecuador
August 19th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) Ecuador President Rafael Correa has warned Britain that any attempt to storm its embassy in London - over asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - would ... Read more...
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End witch-hunt against WikiLeaks: Assange urges US
August 19th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Sunday urged the US to end its "witch-hunt" against the whistle-blowing website, BBC reported.In his first public statement since entering the Ecuador ... Read more...
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US refuses to recognize diplomatic asylum of Assange
August 18th, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) The US government Friday refused to recognize the diplomatic asylum that Ecuador granted to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as the Organization of American States (OAS) considers ... Read more...
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Assange granted asylum for fear of US: Ecuador envoy
August 17th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ecuador has granted political asylum to Julian Assange over concerns that the WikiLeaks' founder could be transferred to the US and face death penalty after ... Read more...
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Britain refuses Assange safe passage to Ecuador
August 17th, 2012 - 2:56 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Britain will not allow Julian Assange safe passage out of the country, Foreign Secretary William Hague said after Ecuador granted the Wikileaks founder political asylum.British authorities ... Read more...
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Assange gets asylum in Ecuador (Lead, Changing dateline)
August 16th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was finally granted political asylum by Ecuador Thursday, two months after he took refuge in the Andean nation's London embassy while fighting ... Read more...
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Britain threatening to take Assange by force: Ecuador
August 16th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Quito, Aug 16 (IANS/EFE) Ecuador said Wednesday that the British government has raised the possibility of forcibly removing Julian Assange from the Andean nation's embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks ... Read more...
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Julian Assange’s mom in Ecuador to seek son’s asylum
July 29th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's mother has arrived in Quito to urge Ecuadorian authorities to grant her son political asylum, CNN reported Sunday."Surely, the president (Rafael ... Read more...
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Former Spanish judge to defend Assange
July 25th, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon will head the defence team of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuadorian media reported.Garzon, 56, who worked on cases concerning ... Read more...
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Jeremy Renner is in talks with DreamWorks about taking up a role in WikiLeaks film
July 24th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, July 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actor Jeremy Renner is in talks with producers to take up a role in an upcoming WikiLeaks film. It may be recalled that WikiLeaks was in ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks releases 2.4 mn e-mails on Syria
July 5th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks said Thursday it has begun publishing more than 2.4 million e-mails from Syrian officials, government ministries and companies between August 2006 and ... Read more...
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Assange served extradition notice
June 29th, 2012 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been served with an extradition notice by British police, BBC reported. He is wanted in Sweden on sex assault charges.The 40-year-old ... Read more...
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Assange must face court, says Jemima Khan
June 22nd, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 22 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must face court and answer sex crime allegations in Sweden instead of trying to avoid extradition and taking refuge inside the Ecuador ... Read more...
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Court rejects Assange’s plea against extradition (Lead)
May 30th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 30 (IANS) Britain's Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden where he faces allegations of sex crimes.The 40-year-old Australian is accused of ... Read more...
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British court rules Assange be extradited
May 30th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 30 (IANS) Britain's Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed an appeal by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange paving the way for his extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.
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Assange interviews Hezbollah chief on Russian channel
April 18th, 2012 - 6:42 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange kicked off his new career as an interviewer on a Kremlin-funded TV channel by hosting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah for a ... Read more...
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Assange-hosted TV show to debut in Russia
April 13th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 10-part political discussion hosted by Julian Assange, founder of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, will be broadcast on the Russia Today television channel starting April 17."The ... Read more...
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‘WikiLeaks bid for transparency derailed’
March 23rd, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 23 (IANS) Many considered the 2010 WikiLeaks disclosures as ripping the culture of secrecy that cloaked governmental functioning and heralding a new world of 'radical transparency'. But a ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks’ Assange to run for Australian senate
March 17th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will run for a seat in the Australian Senate in eletions due next year despite being detained in Britain, the organization ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks publishes 5 mn emails from thinktank Stratfor
February 27th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 27 (IANS) Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks Monday published more than five million emails from US-based global security analysis firm Stratfor. The messages were reportedly stolen by hacker group Anonymous.The ... Read more...
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Duff beer goes on sale in the UK
February 23rd, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Simpsons recently reached the 500th episode milestone and fans in the United Kingdom were presented with the perfect drink to celebrate it. For more than 20 ... Read more...
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‘The Simpsons’ aired their 500th Episode
February 20th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The highly successful animated series The Simpsons reached a milestone on Sunday when the 500th episode was aired on FOX. The show has thus become the ... Read more...
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‘Safe House’-a snappy, serious thriller (IANS Movie Review)
February 18th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Safe House"; Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick; Director: Daniel Espinosa; Rating: ***1/2As the Wikileaks expose last year - that shamed governments the world over - shows, one man's ... Read more...
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Assange fights extradition in British Supreme Court
February 1st, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 1 (IANS) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has started his latest legal action at the Supreme Court in London to try to block his extradition to Sweden, BBC reported.The ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks’ Assange to guest star on ‘The Simpsons’
January 31st, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, will guest star on the 500th episode of the animated TV comedy show "The Simpsons" that will ... Read more...
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Assange extradition case goes to British supreme court
December 16th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 16 (IANS) The British supreme court Friday said it would consider an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden.Seven judges would hear the case ... Read more...
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Assange wins right to pursue extradition fight
December 5th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 5 (IANS) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has won the right to petition the British Supreme Court in his fight against extradition to Sweden, BBC reported Monday.He lost a ... Read more...
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