WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested by Scotland Yard

 "The 39-year-old Australian was held when he attended a central London police station by appointment at 9.30am.
He will appear before a district judge at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court later today, where his lawyers are expected to fight extradition proceedings.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: 'Officers from the Metropolitan Police Extradition Unit have this morning arrested Julian Assange on behalf of the Swedish authorities on suspicion of rape."
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