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Sweden Reopens Inquiry Into Julian Assange Over Rape Allegations

Swedish prosecutors will file a European arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder. They had idled the case while Assange was holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
State prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson announced Monday that Sweden is reopening its investigation of Julian Assange over rape allegations from 2010.

Sweden is resuming its investigation of Julian Assange on rape allegations and will issue a European warrant for his arrest, state prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson said Monday. Assange is currently in a British prison, where he's being punished for eluding a

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