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Prosecutors defend Wikileaks rape warrant u-turn

Swedish prosecutors today defended their handling of a rape allegation against the founder of WikiLeaks.

Sun, 22 Aug, 2010 - 15:40

Swedish prosecutors today defended their handling of a rape allegation against the founder of WikiLeaks.

They insisted they had made no mistakes in issuing an arrest warrant and withdrawing it less than a day later.

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