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Reuters - A Swedish prosecutor on Thursday requested that Julian Assange, the founder of whistle blowing website WikiLeaks, be detained over rape allegations, a charge he strongly denies.

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Reuters - Sweden is investigating to see whether the U.S. embassy has committed any crime by carrying out surveillance measures, the prosecutor’s office said on Monday in a case similar…

AP - Swedish police say a man detained after a tip-off that he was carrying explosives on a Pakistan International Airlines jet has been released.

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AP - Swedish police on Saturday detained a man who had been aboard a plane from Canada to Pakistan that made an emergency landing in Stockholm after Canadian authorities received…

AP - Passengers are being evacuated from a Pakistan International Airlines jet that made an emergency landing in Stockholm after Canadian authorities received a tip that a man on the…

AP - A plane carrying 273 people bound from Canada for Pakistan landed Saturday at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport because of a bomb threat on board, airport and police officials said.

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Time.com - While re-electing the ruling center-right coalition, Swedish voters for the first time gave seats in Parliament to a far-right party, the Sweden Democrats. What does this mean for…

AP - Sweden’s election was heading for a nail-biting finish Sunday with a TV exit poll and partial results showing a far-right party challenging the center-right government’s majority in Parliament.

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AP - Swedish prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying less than a day after the document was issued that it was based on…

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

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