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Who would live in an embassy like this? Julian Assange invites the cameras into Ecuador's west London premises
Friday 02 August 2013
The sit-down photo shoot and candid chat with a glossy magazine is usually the preserve of footballers and their wives. The founder of an organisation whose stated aim is to “open governments” by leaking sensitive information is perhaps a less obvious cover star.
Russia grants NSA PRISM whistleblower Edward Snowden a year's asylum
Thursday 01 August 2013
‘Most wanted man on Earth’ leaves Moscow airport for secret safe house after agreeing to stop leaking US information
Julian Assange seeks WikiLeaks Party Australia Senate seat from confines of Ecuadorian embassy
Thursday 25 July 2013
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will attempt to win a seat in Australian Senate elections while still confined to Ecuador’s embassy in London.
Bradley Manning trial: Wikileaks whistleblower is a 'gleeful, grinning' traitor, says prosecutor
Thursday 25 July 2013
The judge in the case is due to issue verdicts within days
Julian Assange launches 'Wikileaks Party' by videolink from the Ecuadorian embassy
Thursday 25 July 2013
Mr Assange announced his own candidacy for a seat in the Australian Senate in the national elections later this year
Germany should honour its debt and offer NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden asylum
Sunday 21 July 2013
World View: When such figures as Albert Einstein fled the Nazis, the US provided a haven. Now it’s time for Berlin to offer asylum to the persecuted
Like a Cold War thriller – my meeting with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
Sunday 14 July 2013
When I received an email late on Thursday from “Edward Snowden”, I was naturally sceptical. The invitation, supposedly from one of the world’s most sought-after people, had a whiff of Cold War spy thriller to it. The note instructed me to go to the arrivals hall of Sheremetyevo Airport, and “someone from airport staff will be waiting there to receive you with a sign labelled G9”. What would you think?
David Cameron's defence guru joins US engineering giant
Sunday 14 July 2013
'Outstanding' Richard Freer expected to work on Bechtel's bids to win lucrative MoD contracts
Video: Film trailers for the latest releases
Saturday 13 July 2013
Watch the videos below for a selection of trailers for the latest releases:
Video: Film trailers for the latest releases
Friday 12 July 2013
Watch the videos below for a selection of trailers for the latest releases:
Julian Assange: The exposer exposed
Friday 12 July 2013
The WikiLeaks founder's journey from teenage hacker to activist hero, then to international fugitive in a sex case, is inspiring a hard-diskful of film-makers. Nick Hasted has the data
Film review: This weekend's releases - The Independent's film critic made of Monsters University, Pacific Rim, and We Steal Secrets
Friday 12 July 2013
GALLERY: The Deep and Blancanieves also hit cinemas this weekend
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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