Britain Still Says It Will Arrest Assange if He Leaves Embassy
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador says it's giving asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (ah-SAHNJ'), who remains holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
But the decision won't have any immediate effect on the standoff at the embassy, since British authorities are still vowing to arrest him if he leaves the embassy and extradite him to Sweden, where he faces sexual assault allegations