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London's High Court begins a two-day hearing to decide whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the U.S. on spying charges. In America, Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted on charges related to his website's publication of classified U.S. documents leaked by Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. Assange's case today could mark his last chance in his decade-long legal battle against extradition.

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