Crowley: Assange arrest "an issue between Britain and Sweden"December 8, 2010 - 11:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The State Department said the United States has no involvement in legal proceedings in London following the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange appeared on December 7 afternoon at a court in London after turning himself in to Scotland Yard earlier in the day. A British judge denied Assange bail after the WikiLeaks founder told the court he would fight efforts to extradite him to Sweden to face a sex-crimes investigation. At the State Department, Spokesman Philip Crowley called the case "an issue between Britain and Sweden," and said that the US continues its own investigation. Crowley would not answer questions about whether the U.S. would seek to extradite Assange to the United States, saying only that the US investigation is ongoing. "What we're investigating is a crime under U.S. law. The provision of 250-thousand classified documents from someone inside the government to someone outside the government is a crime," Crowley said, AFP reported. Assange appeared at before City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London after turning himself in to Scotland Yard earlier on Tuesday, capping months of speculation over an investigation into alleged sex crimes committed in Sweden over the summer. Assange and his lawyers claim that the accusations stem from a "dispute over consensual but unprotected sex" in Sweden in August, and have claimed the case has taken on political overtones. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |