London | 4 months ago
Cumberbatch to play Assange in WikiLeaks movie
London, Dec 22 - British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to play WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in an upcoming movie about the website.Cumberbatch will enact the role of the boss, who is currently living in sanctuary at the Ecuadorian embassy here as he fights moves to extradite him to the US and Sweden.Cumberbatch could be joined onscreen by another British TV favourite, Dan Stevens of ... read more

4 months ago
Ecuador criticises Britain for Assange deadlock
Quito, Dec 21 - Ecuador expressed its concern about the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Thursday and criticized Britain for depriving him of his right to seek asylum.Ecuador has been pushing for its full right to offer asylum to Assange, but has failed to get cooperation from Britain, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said in an interview with the state-run Gama TV. Ecuador grant ... read more

Sydney | 4 months ago
Assange to bid for Australian senate
Sydney, Dec 12 - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he intends to run for a seat in the Australian Senate in the next elections.Plans to set up an Australian WikiLeaks party are significantly advanced, the whistleblowing organisation's founder was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press -.Assange said that a number of very worthy people admired by the Australian public have expr ... read more

Mexico City | 5 months ago
Assange should leave Ecuador's embassy, says his lawyer
Mexico City, Nov 11 - The lawyer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said the latter should not remain inside Ecuador's embassy any longer as his health condition might begin worsening.Assange, 41, has been sheltering inside Ecuador's embassy in London since June to avoid his extradition to Sweden, where he faces a case in a rape trial that he calls politically motivated.If his stay at the emb ... read more

London | 6 months ago
`Bardem one of the best Bond villains ever'
London, Oct 29 - Javier Bardem is being hailed by the British media for his performance in Skyfall, the latest installment in the James Bond series, with critics saying the character played by the Spanish actor may be one of the best villains to ever take on 007.Bardem plays Raoul Silva, a dandyish cyberterrorist, in the film directed by Sam Mendes, taking on Daniel Craig's Bond.The 23rd installme ... read more

London | 6 months ago
`Bardem one of the best Bond villains ever'
London, Oct 29 - Javier Bardem is being hailed by the British media for his performance in Skyfall, the latest installment in the James Bond series, with critics saying the character played by the Spanish actor may be one of the best villains to ever take on 007.Bardem plays Raoul Silva, a dandyish cyberterrorist, in the film directed by Sam Mendes, taking on Daniel Craig's Bond.The 23rd installme ... read more

London | 6 months ago
`Bardem one of the best Bond villains ever'
London, Oct 29 - Javier Bardem is being hailed by the British media for his performance in Skyfall, the latest installment in the James Bond series, with critics saying the character played by the Spanish actor may be one of the best villains to ever take on 007.Bardem plays Raoul Silva, a dandyish cyberterrorist, in the film directed by Sam Mendes, taking on Daniel Craig's Bond.The 23rd installme ... read more

London | 6 months ago
`Bardem one of the best Bond villains ever'
London, Oct 29 - Javier Bardem is being hailed by the British media for his performance in Skyfall, the latest installment in the James Bond series, with critics saying the character played by the Spanish actor may be one of the best villains to ever take on 007.Bardem plays Raoul Silva, a dandyish cyberterrorist, in the film directed by Sam Mendes, taking on Daniel Craig's Bond.The 23rd installme ... read more

London | 6 months ago
Keeping eye on Assange costing Britain dearly
London, Oct 2 - British police spend a whopping 11,000 pounds - daily to keep a tap on WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange lodged at the Ecuadorean embassy.The police bill has already crossed over one million pounds -. Scotland Yard confirmed it is costing 11,000 pounds daily to ensure the Australian does not flee his bolthole at the Ecuadorean embassy, Daily Mail reported Tuesday. The final bill cou ... read more

Stockholm | 6 months ago
Hackers attack Swedish websites
Stockholm, Oct 2 - Several Swedish websites including those of banks and armed forces were attacked Monday, causing their servers to crash.We managed to shut the server down for a while but now the attack is back on again, Xinhua quoted Swedbank spokesperson Anna Sundbland as saying. Another Swedish bank, SEB also suffered major disruption, while the ticket-booking system of Swedish Railways was o ... read more