of wikileaks' julian assange arrested over rape claim

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange arrested over rape claim: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange surrender himself to British police after Sweden issued a warrant for his arrest over allegations of sex crimes.

Assange, whose WikiLeaks website is at the center of a row over the release of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, was arrested under a European Arrest Warrant.

Swedish prosecutors want to question the 39-year-old Australian about allegations including rape. He denies the allegations.

WikiLeaks, which has provoked fury in Washington with its publications, vowed it would continue making public details of the 250,000 secret U.S. documents it had obtained.

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