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In pictures: Undiplomatic view of world leaders

Wikileaks documents offer unflattering pen portraits of world leaders

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Profile: Julian Assange

A profile of Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks

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Wikileaks: Decoding the cables

How to make sense of the diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks

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Where the leaked cables came from

The US defence department network accessible to millions

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Has Wikileaks cost lives?

Do disclosures endanger informants and troops?

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US embassy cables: The background

Facts and figures about the secret diplomatic messages

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What is Wikileaks?

A look at the high-profile but secretive whistle-blowing website

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Timeline: Swedish Assange case

Key dates in Swedish case involving Julian Assange

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VIDEO: Wikileaks' lawyer defends release

A lawyer for Wikileaks has defended the decision to release thousands of secret US documents. The decision has been criticised for jeopardising international relations.

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VIDEO: Wikileaks: 'War logs immensely important'

The founder of whistleblowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, tells the BBC why the organisation published thousands of leaked US documents about the Iraq war.

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AUDIO: Guardian editor defends publishing files

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger: "It is not the job of the media to worry about the embarrassment of world leaders"

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AUDIO: Wikileaks 'won't make any difference'

Former ambassador Christopher Meyer: Wikileaks contain "more embarrassment than damage"

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AUDIO: US diplomats are 'not spies'

Clinton does not ask diplomats "to be spies" - US Assistant Secretary of State PJ Crowley

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VIDEO: Wikileaks: Baltic plan revealed

US cables revealing plans to defend Baltic nations against Russia have been published in the Guardian newspaper, following their publication on Wikileaks.

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VIDEO: Assange to apply for bail hearing

Lawyers acting for the Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, are likely to make an application for bail.

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Intelligence experts weigh the impact of Afghan Wikileaks revelations

Questions over intelligence-sharing and secrecy

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Excerpts: Leaked US military records

Snapshot of conditions on ground in Afghanistan

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Key issues in Wikileak Iraq documents release

Issues raised by release of US documents on Iraq

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Excerpts: Wikileaks Iraq war logs

Extracts of some of the logs from the Iraq war

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Wikileaks: Main Pakistan issues

Key issues relating to Pakistan in the cables

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UK's complex role in Afghanistan

Paul Wood puts criticism of UK into context

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Analysis: the Wikileaks cables

Historian sees much to applaud in cable releases

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Britain still a useful US ally?

Hard-headed American assessment of Britain

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Wikileaks' Assange in the shadows

Julian Assange's paranoid life 'outside the rules'

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Assange v Swedish sex laws

If extradited, Assange faces tough sex laws

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US allies unruffled by cable leak

BBC correspondents examine how US allies are reacting

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Commentators divided on release

Round-up of media reaction to Wikileaks latest revelations

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New York Times chief on Wikileaks

New York Times chief Bill Keller explains how journalists handled the massive release of secret diplomatic cables by website Wikileaks.

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Iran dismisses Wikileaks release

Iran's President Ahmadinejad dismisses as propaganda leaked US cables of Arab nations urging Washington to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.

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Leaked cables 'attack on world'

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounces the leak of classified diplomatic cables as an "attack on the international community".

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Pakistan dismisses Wikileaks fear

Pakistan rejects fears expressed in US diplomatic cables, revealed by Wikileaks, that its nuclear material could fall into the hands of terrorists.

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Leaks blame killings on Rajapaksa

A US envoy believed Sri Lanka's president bore responsibility for an alleged 2009 massacre of Tamils, suggests a classified report obtained by Wikileaks.

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Salmond rejects new Megrahi claim

The Scottish government was neither threatened nor offered "treats" to free the Lockerbie bomber from jail, First Minister Alex Salmond says.

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UK 'feared Megrahi prison death'

Britain feared Libya would take harsh action against UK interests if the Lockerbie bomber died in prison, latest Wikileaks cables allege.

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Saudis 'seek anti-Hezbollah force'

Saudi Arabia proposed an Arab-led military force to destroy Hezbollah, a leaked US diplomatic cable suggests.

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Australia blames US for Wikileaks

Australia's foreign minister says the US is to blame for the release of diplomatic cables on Wikileaks, not its Australian founder, Julian Assange.

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Hacktivists abandon Amazon attack

Pro-Wikileaks activists switch their target back to PayPal after deserting plans to try to bring down the website of online retailer Amazon.

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US 'wary of China role in Africa'

The US is monitoring China's expanding role in Africa, and sees it as "aggressive," the latest US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks reveal.

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MI5 'offered NI murder files'

An offer by MI5 to disclose files relating to the murder of the Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane could be significant, an SDLP MLA has said.

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Sudan president 'stole fortune'

The ICC's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo accuses Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of stealing as much as $9bn of his country's funds.

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Major US bank cuts off Wikileaks

Bank of America stops handling payments for whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, joining several other major financial institutions.

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Assange 'fears US death penalty'

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange fears he could face the death penalty in the US if he was extradited to Sweden, defence documents say.

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Guantanamo 'locked up innocents'

Files obtained by the website Wikileaks reveal the US believed many held at Guantanamo Bay were innocent or only low-level operatives.

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At a glance: Wikileaks cables

At a glance guide to some of the key issues contained in the release by Wikileaks of thousands of secret US diplomatic cables.

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