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Ecuador proposes talks with UK over Wikileaks' Julian Assange

Ecuador has offered to meet with the United Kingdom over the fate of Wikileaks' Julian Assange.

Pedro Portugal, Ecuadorean businessman, found in New York after kidnapping

Police have rescued an Ecuadorean businessman who was held hostage for a month while captors asked for $3 million ransom.
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The lower Manhattan skyline on April 27, 2012. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Three men forced Queens accounting company owner Pedro Portugal into an SUV in broad daylight on April 18, then hid him in a warehouse in Long Island City, Queens.
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Ecuador’s wheelchair revolution

QUITO, Ecuador — South America isn’t known for being accessible for the disabled. If Ecuador’s vice president, Lenin Moreno, has his way, that’s about to change.

Canadian judge hears $19 billion Ecuador lawsuit case

Ontario Superior Court Justice David Brown agreed to hear the case but was skeptical of whether he could issue a ruling since an appeal is pending in Ecuador's constitutional court.

With Correa up for re-election, Assange is poised for 4 more years of Ecuador gov't love

Their relationship started with an interview and blossomed into asylum. Now Julian Assange could get a new lease on Ecuador's support as President Rafael Correa seeks a third term.
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is running for a third term in the South American country’s February 2013 election, and he will probably win. It’s a sign that Julian Assange — the Aussie WikiLeaks founder holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London since June — has proved he can make allies with staying power.
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UPDATE: Ecuador: 2 kidnapped tourists rescued

Ecuadorian authorities said the tourists were abducted on Friday by what they suspect is a Colombian group.

Julian Assange at UNGA: Obama is exploiting the Arab Spring (VIDEO)

"It must come as a surprise to Tunisians for Barack Obama to say the US supported the forces of change in Tunisia," Assange said.

Another refugee for Ecuador, another nightmare for Belarus

QUITO — He's hell-bent on uncovering government secrets and wants refuge in Ecuador. No, he's not Julian Assange. Meet Aliaksandr Barankov.

Protesters pledge support to Assange outside British Embassy in Ecuador

QUITO — About 50 protesters gathered outside the British Embassy on Sunday to protest against the UK in the continuing saga over Julian Assange, who is currently holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London after being denied safe passage to Quito by the British government.
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