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Sweden withdraws arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder — Issued on rape allegations that Assange calls ‘without basis’ — STOCKHOLM — Swedish prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying less than a day after the document was issued that it was based on an unfounded accusation of rape.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape — Julian Assange was cited as saying the release of the allegations was “deeply disturbing” — Swedish authorities say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on accusations of rape and molestation.


WikiLeaks founder accused of rape, molestation in Sweden — Stockholm, Sweden (CNN) — The founder and editor of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, is wanted in Sweden after accusations of rape and molestation, a spokeswoman for the Swedish prosecutor's office told CNN Saturday.
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Rape warrant against Assange cancelled — Swedish authorities withdraw an arrest warrant for the founder of the whistleblowers' website on suspicion of rape — Swedish authorities have withdrawn an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, stating that the accusation of rape against him was unfounded.
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Is Assange the target of a U.S. smear campaign?
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Julian Assange Rape Case: Sweden WITHDRAWS Arrest Warrant
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Mediaite, This ain't Hell … and Hullabaloo

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange facing arrest over ‘rape’ claim
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WikiLeaks founder suspected of rape
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Code Pink Tells Gold Star Mom: Your Son Deserved to Die — Note: Please join with me and Move America Forward in calling on Jerry Brown to return any money he has received from Jodie Evans and protest at her fundraiser tomorrow: Aug 21st at 4PM PST at the Home of Jodie Evans, 757 Palms Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
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Weasel Zippers, Don Surber, Right Wing News, BLACKFIVE, Gateway Pundit, Big Hollywood and National Review
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An Appalling Story — This afternoon at 4 p.m. Pacific, Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink, is hosting a $500-per-person fundraiser for Jerry Brown. John Nolte reports at Big Hollywood: … At Big Peace, a Gold Star Mother recounts her painful experience with Code Pink, a truly vile group.
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American Power, Sister Toldjah and Big Peace


An Example of Why Nobody Trusts Old Media: WaPo's Joel Achenbach — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: Now, let's get to this Muslim business, ladies and gentlemen. Joel Achenbach, an obscure, relatively unknown member of the ruling class partisan political operative media writes a blog at the Washington Post …
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Obama a Muslim! Lincoln a Catholic! FDR a Jew! Why Americans Don't Like Their President's God — In 1860, in the midst of tensions surrounding the Civil War, it was widely believed in the United States that Abraham Lincoln was Catholic. Coming on the heels of decades of anti-Catholic sentiment …
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Left Coast Rebel, Open Left and ABCNEWS

Republican National Committee closes July with just $5 million on hand — The Republican National Committee spent twice as much as it raised in July, leaving the committee with just over $5 million on hand with less than three months left before the 2010 midterm elections.
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The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, The Caucus, Washington Monthly, The Eye and Ballot Box
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Biden Urges D.N.C. to Reject Grim Election Forecast
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Scared Monkeys, The Reality-Based Community, NO QUARTER and Matthew Yglesias

The New Culture War. — When Andrew Sullivan first wrote “Goodbye to All That,” believing that the candidacy of Barack Obama could be the beginning of a “truce” in the culture war, he was largely placing the blame on the narcissism of the baby-boomers. The culture war as Sullivan was writing …
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Washington Monthly, The Clog and Ben Smith's Blog


Harry Reid's strategy: Winning ugly — RENO — As Republicans tie him to the state's economic tailspin and highlight his penchant for politically damaging gaffes, Harry Reid seems to have conceded he's going to remain the same unpopular figure here between now and Election Day.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Mosque protest loses Gingrich — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will not be addressing a protest of the proposed mosque in lower Manhattan on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. — The organizers of the rally, Stop Islamization of America …
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Little Green Footballs, Prairie Weather and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion


America's Insurgent Pollster — Understanding the tea party is essential to predicting what the country's political scene will look like. — You can tell it's a volatile political year when a balding, middle-aged pollster gets a standing ovation from hundreds of state legislators …
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protein wisdom and Fraters Libertas

Palestinians warn that U.S.-hosted peace talks could end soon after beginning — The Palestinians are warning that the new round of Middle East peace talks announced Friday by the Obama administration could be over as soon as they begin if Israel continues new construction in the West Bank.
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Aljazeera, Israel Matzav, Weasel Zippers, Bloomberg and The Hill
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In Mideast Talks, Scant Hopes From the Beginning
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Climate protester breaches RBS Gogarburn security and glues herself to desk — A CLIMATE change protester managed to breach security at the headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland by making an appointment to speak to an adviser and then glued herself to a desk.
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Weasel Zippers and Right Wing News

Oy Vey, Obama — Is President Obama good for the Jews? For more and more Jewish-Americans, the answer is no. — In a Pew Research Center report issued on Thursday and entitled “Growing Number of Americans Say Obama Is a Muslim” (tragic in its own right), there was another bit of bad news for Obama …
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