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WikiLeaks Founder arrested

   December 7, 2010

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in London Monday on a Swedish warrant on suspicion of rape. He was nabbed at 9:30 in the morning after turning himself in at a London police station. Assange denies the rape charges. He has a court date before the City of Westminster, and he will fight any attempts at extradition, according to his lawyer, “mainly on the grounds that he may be handed over to the Americans.” Read Sky News report.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”
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