The guest who outstayed his welcome

Fugitive Julian Assange sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy. His hosts soon tired of him.

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Assange: needs house-training
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Pity the long-suffering staff at the Ecuadorian embassy they have had to endure living with a squatter for seven years, ever since Wikileaks founder Julian Assange holed up there after skipping bail while awaiting extradition to Sweden on charges of sexual assault and rape. Last week, they decided they'd finally had enough and kicked him out, saying he was damaging Ecuador's international standing by carrying out "innumerable acts of interference in the politics of other states" while staying there, reports Dan Collyns in The Guardian.

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