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WikiLeaks founder Assange seeks asylum from Ecuador

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After losing an 18-month legal battle against a Swedish extradition request, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has fled to Ecuador's embassy in London and filed a request for asylum, which officials confirmed they are considering.

"ALERT: Julian Assange has requested political asylum and is under the protection of the Ecuadorian embassy in London," WikiLeaks declared Tuesday afternoon on the micro-blogging social network Twitter.

Ecuador Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters in the nation's capital city on Tuesday that Assange's request was being considered.

Assange, who's Australian, had previously been offered residency in Ecuador by a senior level official, but that offer was withdrawn a day later after President Rafael Correa suggested Assange had broken laws by publishing secret U.S. diplomatic documents.
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