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U.K. judge grants bail.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was freed on conditional bail Thursday after a U.K. judge, High Court justice Duncan Ouseley, nixed the argument from prosecutors that Assange needed to be jailed longer on the Swedish sex-crimes charges. Assange had been in jail since Dec. 7. Bail of $316,000 was recently posted through the help of famous supporters like Michael Moore.

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