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A protester holds a banner in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in London where a judge dismissed Sweden's appeal against bail for Mr. Assange. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wait outside the High Court in London where a judge rejected Sweden's appeal against bail for Mr. Assange. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Journalist Vaughan Smith, founder of the Frontline Club, arrives at the High Court in London, where a judge rejected an appeal against bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange poses for photographers with a banner outside the High Court in London, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A judge granted rejected an appeal against bail for Mr. Assange. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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A woman places banners in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in London where a judge granted Mr. Assange bail Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Mark Stephens, lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, back left, delivers a statement to the media outside the High Court in London, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Mr. Assange will be freed on bail and sent to stay at a British country mansion, a judge ruled Thursday, rejecting prosecutors' attempts to keep Mr. Assange in prison as he fights extradition to Sweden. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Mark Stephens, lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, delivers a statement to the media outside the High Court in London, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Mr. Assange will be freed on bail and sent to stay at a British country mansion, a judge ruled Thursday, rejecting prosecutors' attempts to keep him in prison as he fights extradition to Sweden. (AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, pool)

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Shot through tinted window, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reacts from inside a prison van as he arrives at the High Court in London for his bail appeal hearing, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Unemployed workers fill out online resumes at the Maricopa County Workforce Connections job fair on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is screened from public view as he arrives at the High Court in London on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, where a judge freed Mr. Assange on bail. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS SPILL SALVO: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announces a lawsuit against BP PLC on Wednesday. The Justice Department accuses the company of failing to take proper safety precautions.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS SPILL SALVO: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announces a lawsuit against BP PLC on Wednesday. The Justice Department accuses the company of failing to take proper safety precautions.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier is joined Tuesday by ICE Special Agent John Torres (left) and U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. in announcing that a Mexican cartel's plan to sell large quantities of crystal methamphetamine in the District ended with a major drug seizure and nine indictments.

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The Washington Nationals newest outfielder Jason Werth holds his new baseball jersey as he stands with Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo during a news conference at Nationals Park in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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People hold posters supporting Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev outside a court in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. A judge on Wednesday postponed delivering the long-awaited verdict in the second trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a case that has helped to define Russia under Vladimir Putin.(AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

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In this Jan 7, 2008, photo, Kenyan politician William Ruto, during a meeting in Narobi, Kenya. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked judges to charge six Kenyans, including the country's deputy prime minister, with crimes against humanity including murder, persecution and rape committed during post election violence in 2007-2008. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)