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Ecuador grants political asylum to WikiLeaks' founder Assange | | A day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorean
embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks' founder
Julian Assange, Ecuador on Thursday granted him political asylum. Announcing
the decision in a press conference here, Ecuador Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino,
said, “Ecuador has decided to grant political asylum to Julian Assange following
the request sent to the president.” Earlier, Britain had said it is determined
to extradite the former computer hacker to Sweden where he has been accused of
rape and sexual assault.
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