WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassyReported by Reuters India on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 (on June 20, 2012)
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QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and asked for asylum, officials said on Tuesday, in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations.
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