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LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been freed on bail in London, has said that he is preparing for indictment on US espionage charges.

LONDON - A first edition of Jane Austen's classic novel Emma has fetched 79,250 pounds at an auction.

WASHINGTON - It is important for the United States to keep making progress in eliminating sanctuaries for extremists in Pakistan, and Pakistanis "can and must do more" to shut down the flow of insurgents across the Afghanistan border, top US officials have said.

LONDON - A new study has suggested that one in five British employees drinks so much at the office Christmas party that they call in sick the next day.

BEIJING - The Chinese government will be more open and transparent in delivering information and news about the country to the outside world, a top official in charge of media affairs has said.