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  • SANDERS: Afghanistan and worldwide jihadism

    The talking heads have already picked over the bones of the Obama administration's review last week of Afghanistan policy, but missed out on an overall estimate of progress in "the war on terrorism."


  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange poses for photographers at the home of Frontline Club founding member Vaughan Smith, at Bungay, England, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

    WikiLeaks' Assange fears U.S. ready to indict him

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Friday he fears that the United States is getting ready to indict him, but insisted that the secret-spilling site would continue its work despite what he has called a dirty tricks campaign.


  • The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange, top center, addresses the media outside the High Court in London, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A British judge released Julian Assange on bail Thursday, freeing the WikiLeaks founder to work on his secret-spilling website from a mansion in eastern England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

    Assange free from prison, back to leaking secrets

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released on bail Thursday _ confined to a supporter's 600-acre estate but free to get back to work spilling U.S. government secrets on his website as he fights Sweden's attempt to extradite him on allegations of rape and molestation.


  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, centre, delivers a statement to the media outside the High Court, London, after his release on bail, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010.  Assange is swapping a Victorian prison cell for an English country mansion after a judge granted bail to the WikiLeaks founder wanted in Sweden for questioning on sex-crimes allegations.  (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

    WikiLeaks founder released from British custody

    The once-elusive Julian Assange was freed on bail Thursday, releasing the WikiLeaks founder to continue his work as Sweden pushes its case for extradition and the United States considers its own criminal charges over his website's release of secret information.


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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is released on bail in London. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. says repeated calls for his prosecution in the U.S. makes him "uncomfortable."

    Hill wrestles with response to WikiLeaks

    On the day a London judge released WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on bail in his extradition battle, a top U.S. lawmaker warned against hasty moves to prosecute those who leak and publish classified documents in the wake of the group's mass release of sensitive U.S. government files.


  • World Briefs

    A group of Americans came under attack in their vehicle outside a restaurant in Yemen's capital, U.S. and Yemeni officials said Thursday.


  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds up a court document for the media after he was released on bail, outside the High Court in London, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Mr. Assange has been released on bail following a week of legal drama over his extradition. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

    WikiLeaks' Assange freed from jail on bail

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was freed on bail Thursday, allowing Mr. Assange to continue his work as Sweden pushes its case for extradition and the United States considers its own criminal charges over his website's release of secret information.


  • Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, some holding placards and wearing masks depicting him, demonstrate outside the Swedish Embassy in central London on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

    British court grants bail to WikiLeaks' Assange

    A British judge granted Julian Assange bail on Tuesday, but the WikiLeaks founder will remain in custody for at least another 48 hours after Swedish prosecutors said they would challenge the decision.


  • Briefly

    The U.S. will not be deterred by setbacks and will persevere until a Palestinian state is established alongside Israel, President Obama's Middle East envoy said Tuesday after meeting the Palestinian president.


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