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  • FILE- This Aug. 14, 2010 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. A Stockholm prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for Assange on Friday Aug. 20, 2010, saying he was suspected of rape and molestation in two separate cases. But chief prosecutor Eva Finne withdrew the warrant within 24 hours. (AP Photo/SCANPIX, Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUT

    Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder

    Swedish authorities revoked a short-lived arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying a rape accusation against him lacked substance.


  • Claes Borgstrom, lawyer for the two women who claim to have been sexually assaulted by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Sweden in August, talks to media at his office in Stockholm Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Borgstrom, whose office is under police protection, denied that the case had anything to do with WikiLeaks or the current U.S. interest in Assange. (AP Photo/Anders Wiklund)    SWEDEN OUT

    Sweden seeks Wikileaks founder arrest in rape case

    The founder of WikiLeaks was accused of rape in a Swedish arrest warrant Saturday that turned the spotlight onto the former hacker who's infuriated governments with his self-proclaimed mission to make secrets public.


  • Prosecutors: WikiLeaks founder suspected of rape

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suspected of rape in Sweden, where authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest, officials said Saturday.


  • ** FILE ** WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is approached by the media after giving a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday Aug. 14, 2010. (AP Photo / Bertil Ericson / SCANPIX)

    Warrant for WikiLeaks founder withdrawn

    Swedish prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant for Julian Assange on Saturday, saying less than a day after the document was issued that it was based on an unfounded accusation of rape.


  • WikiLeaks seeks online safe haven in Sweden

    WikiLeaks moved its servers from the U.S. to Sweden in 2007 to take advantage of laws protecting whistleblowers and a culture supportive of online mavericks.


  • ** FILE ** WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange seen during a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Bertil Ericson, SCANPIX)

    WikiLeaks says it won't be threatened by Pentagon

    WikiLeaks will publish its remaining 15,000 Afghan war documents within a month, despite warnings from the U.S. government, the organization's founder said Saturday.


  • UK doctors: New superbug gene could spread widely

    People traveling to India for medical procedures have brought back to Britain a new gene that allows any bacteria to become a superbug, and scientists are warning this type of drug resistance could soon appear worldwide.


  • UK's breast cancer deaths dropped most in Europe

    The rate at which women died from breast cancer dropped faster in Britain than in any other major European country during the last two decades, according to new research.


  • ** FILE ** Brazil midfielder Neymar (right) holds off U.S. defender Jonathan Spector as he dribbles the ball during the first half of an international soccer match Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)

    Brazil beats the U.S. in friendly

    Neymar scored on debut and Alexandre Pato added a goal late in the first half as Brazil beat the United States 2-0 in an international friendly Tuesday, the first match for both nations since their disappointing World Cup exits.


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