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  • Assange attorney: Text messages mention 'revenge'

    Text messages sent by the two women who accuse WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of rape and assault mention "revenge" and "economic gain," according to testimony during the second day of his extradition hearing.

  • 10 IT-related predictions for 2011

    We were wrong -- so far -- that Carol Bartz would be ousted as Yahoo CEO by the end of this year, but we were right that Apple's tablet, whose name wasn't known at the end of last year, would be huge. OK, so that second one was probably a given, but not all of our 2010 predictions were so easy. We think the same is true with our 2011 predictions.

  • Gillard “no fan” of Wikileaks

    Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sought to maintain the Federal Government’s position against Wikileaks despite advice from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) that the site’s publishing of US embassy cables had breached no domestic law.

  • Wikileaks' publishing of US cables not illegal: AFP

    The Federal Government has been dealt a major blow with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) stating that it has found that the publishing of US embassy cables containing classified information on the Wikileaks website has breached no domestic law.

  • WikiLeaks founder wins fight to be released from UK jail

    London's High Court ruled Thursday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be freed if he posts £240,000 (US$384,000) in bail, rejecting prosecutors' appeal that he be imprisoned pending a January extradition hearing, according to the BBC.

  • WikiLeaks founder praised by Pentagon Papers exposer

    Daniel Ellsberg, the man responsible for outing the now famous Pentagon Papers in 1971, and a group of ex-intelligence officers have thrown their weight behind WikiLeaks and its founder, saying the current attempt to label WikiLeaks' leaks as trivial compared to the Pentagon Papers is wrong.

  • Interpol issues wanted notice for Wikileaks' Assange

    Interpol has issued a so-called "red notice" for Wikileaks' Julian Assange, notifying police around the world that he is wanted for questioning by Swedish prosecutors related to sexual assault accusations.

  • Wikileaks promises release 7 times bigger than Iraq War Logs

    Wikileaks has promised to release a load of information seven times bigger than the Iraq War Logs, which raised the Internet group's profile around the world and caused some nations to take notice of the issue of leaks of top-secret documents online.

  • Wikileaks' Assange detained by Swedish court

    The District Court in Stockholm has decided to detain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and issuing an international arrest warrant is the next step, according to a statement from the Swedish Prosecution Authority.

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