Sweden: Police issue second arrest warrant for Assange

Sweden: Police issue second arrest warrant for Assange
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Swedish police have issued another international arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.British newspapers have been reporting police know Assange is in south-east England, but have been hamstrung by errors with the initial warrant from Stockholm. The fresh detention order concerns alleged sexual crimes during a visit to Sweden in August. Assange has not been charged and he denies the allegations. A WikiLeaks spokesman says Assange has to remain out of the public eye because he is facing assassination threats following the whistleblowing website's publication of secret US diplomatic cables.
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