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Sweden seeks detention of WikiLeaks founder (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, which has made public about 500,000 classified U.S. files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, holds a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, November 4, 2010, the day before the United Nation's Human Rights Council examines the U.S. human rights record in its universal periodic review programme. REUTERS/Valentin FlauraudReuters - 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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Sweden opens probe of U.S. embassy surveillance (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

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…

Plane bomb suspect released in Sweden (AP)

September 25th, 2010

Two anti-terrorist policemen, center, secure one of the passengers as a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 is evacuated at Stockholm Arlanda International airport September 25, 2010.  The aircraft was en route from Toronto to Karachi, when Canadian authorities received a tip-off that a passenger could be carrying explosives and the plane was diverted to Stockholm. Swedish police detained a man described as a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin aboard the plane, but a bomb squad that searched the Boeing 777 found nothing suspicious on board. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson) SWEDEN OUTAP - 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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Pakistan jet evacuated in Sweden after bomb threat (AP)

September 25th, 2010

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…

PIA plane evacuated in Sweden after bomb threat (AP)

September 25th, 2010

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…

Pakistan plane lands in Sweden after bomb threat (AP)

September 25th, 2010

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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Far-Right Sweden Democrats Make Gains in Election (Time.com)

September 20th, 2010

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…

Swedish election too close to call (AP)

September 19th, 2010

Voters fill the booths at a polling station during general elections in Stockholm, Sweden Sunday Sept. 19, 2010. Voting started Sunday in Sweden's election with polls showing the center-right government heading for a historic second term, but an Islam-bashing far-right group could spoil its majority. (AP Photo / Janerik Henriksson)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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Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder (AP)

August 21st, 2010

FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gives a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo.  A spokeswoman for the Swedish prosecutors office says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted on suspicion of rape and he should contact police for questioning. Spokeswoman Karin Rosander tells The Associated Press that a prosecutor in Stockholm issued an arrest warrant for Assange late Friday Aug. 20, 2010 and that authorities have not yet heard from him.(AP Photo / Bertil Ericson / SCANPIX, File)  **  SWEDEN OUT  **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…

Sweden seeks Wikileaks founder arrest in rape case (AP)

August 21st, 2010

FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gives a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo.  A spokeswoman for the Swedish prosecutors office says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted on suspicion of rape and he should contact police for questioning. Spokeswoman Karin Rosander tells The Associated Press that a prosecutor in Stockholm issued an arrest warrant for Assange late Friday Aug. 20, 2010 and that authorities have not yet heard from him.(AP Photo / Bertil Ericson / SCANPIX, File)  **  SWEDEN OUT  **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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