<div class='node-body'><p>WikiLeaks&#39; founder Julian Assange has &#39;taken refuge&#39; in the Ecuador embassy, Tuesday evening in London.&nbsp; Assange is seeking political asylum in the country according to Ecuador&#39;s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino.</p>
<p>Officials in Ecuador are considering the request.</p>
<p>&quot;Ecuador is studying and analyzing the request,&quot; stated Patino.</p>
<p>Wikileaks is now tweeting that in 2010 Ecuador had offered Assange residency in the country, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11874911" target="_blank">according to BBC news</a>.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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