Assange Asylum Decision to be Announced Thursday

Ecuador's formal decision on the asylum request from Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, will be delivered Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m. Quito local time, according to the country's foreign minister, Ricardo Patino.

Patino told reporters that his country's ambassador to the U.K. received a threat from British authorities that they may raid the Ecuadorian embassy in London to secure Assange.

Ecuadorian FM says the ambassador to London received a threatening letter from the UK govt saying the embassy may be raided— Rodrigo (@RodrigoEBR) August 15, 2012

Reports from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation sent Wednesday indicated that the asylum request had been granted,…
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