Support for Assange Surges
<div class='node-body'><p>Ecuadorian authorities announced Tuesday that Ecuador's embassies in the US and UK have received over 10,000 messages in support of Wikileaks' Julian Assange's bid for political asylum in the country.</p>
<p>"Thousands of people asking the Ecuadorian government to accord asylum to Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, sent a steady stream of messages saying why they support him," stated Ecuador's Minister of Foreign Affairs.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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