High-profile supporters of Julian Assange will have to wait to find out if they will lose £140,000 of surety cash after the Australian sought political asylum.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has instructed his lawyers “to carry out a legal action” to protect his rights.

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange look set to fight on to stop his extradition to Sweden where he faces sex crime allegations.

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has condemned the European arrest warrant system that has led to moves to extradite him to Sweden over sex crime allegations.

LAWYERS for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asked a court for a second time yesterday to block his extradition from Britain to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual misconduct, arguing the case was legally flawed.

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange, who rocked the US government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled yesterday.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was today granted bail at the High Court in London.

A BRITISH court will decide today whether to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has become the scourge of the US establishment, on £200,000 (€234,500) bail over accusations of sex crimes in Sweden.

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange remained in a British jail last night after the Swedish authorities appealed against a decision to grant him bail.

The court holding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was besieged by protesters and media today.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will make a fresh appeal to be granted bail when he returns to court today.

JOHN PILGER’S timing is perfect.

WIKILEAKS supporters apparently attacked the websites of the Swedish prosecutor and MasterCard in retaliation over moves made by them against Julian Assange, who has published secret US diplomatic cables that have angered and embarrassed Washington.

A BRITISH judge sent Julian Assange to jail yesterday, denying bail to the WikiLeaks founder who vowed to fight efforts to extradite him to Sweden in a sex-crimes investigation.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was refused bail today as he vowed to fight attempts to extradite him to Sweden.

John Pilger’s crusading journalism and TV documentaries have frequently enthralled and repelled.

Stars of Ken Loach’s new film The Wind That Shakes The Barley attended its UK premiere in London tonight.

The Dublin born former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations has told a jury that he holds the UN responsible for killing many thousands of people, including children, in Iraq through the imposition of sanctions.

One of the five protestors charged with damaging a US aircraft at Shannon Airport has told the jury that "acting on the philosophies of Isaiah rather than pissing off George Bush" was the motivation behind their actions.

AS one of the few English-speaking media outlets not operating in a country involved in the invasion of Iraq, the Irish Examiner should consider John Pilger’s recent assessment of the media’s culpability in ‘normalising the unthinkable’.

I’VE been lucky enough to be a witness to a range of dramatic political events. During the years I worked in Fianna Fáil headquarters, for example, I had a bird’s eye view of controversies during the Lenihan-Robinson Presidential election in 1990 and the collapse of the Reynolds Government in 1994.

America may have lost the confidence to be fair and liberal on 9/11 says TP O'Mahony

Hundreds of members and supporters of anti-capitalist group Globalise Resistance today attended a conference where there was an overwhelmingly anti-war mood, a spokeswoman for the organisation said.

Former US President Bill Clinton is a sell-out at a British arts festival.