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Julian Assange Returns to Australia as Extradition to US is Averted Following Plea Deal
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has returned to Australia, marking the end of a lengthy legal battle over his extradition to the United States. Assange was wanted in the U.S. for publishing classified documents on WikiLeaks in 2011, which the U.S. government claimed violated the Espionage Act. However, a plea deal was reached, allowing…