Swedish Prosecutors Defend Wikileaks About-face

By KARL RITTER 2010-08-22T15:42:29Z STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Swedish prosecutors defended their handling of a rape allegation against the founder of WikiLeaks, saying Sunday that they had made no mistakes in issuing an arrest warrant and withdrawing it less than a day later....

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