Thursday,  August 16, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 033 • 19 of 26 •  Other Editions

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• 10. FIFTY SHADES OF BATHROOM FIXTURES
• "Grey" mania goes mainstream: Classical music, Etsy bondage crafts and beyond.
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AP News in Brief
On eve of promised Assange asylum decision, Ecuador bristles at British 'threat'

• QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- In the two months since Julian Assange ducked into Ecuador's London embassy to seek political asylum, President Rafael Correa has

been consistently deferential to Britain while insisting on his right to protect what he sees as a free speech advocate facing persecution.
• Asked earlier this week if he felt solidarity with the WikiLeaks founder, Ecuador's leftist president told a TV interviewer "of course, but we also feel solidarity for England and for English and international law."
• The decision on Assange's petition, which his government said it would announce Thursday, would come only after careful scrutiny of the law and consultations with the governments involved, Correa insisted. And after London's Olympics fest was over.
• On Wednesday, the cordiality ended.
• Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino accused Britain of threatening to "assault our embassy" if Assange was not handed over.
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange's long fight against extradition to Sweden for questioning

• LONDON (AP) -- Julian Assange, founder of secret-spilling website WikiLeaks, has been fighting to avoid extradition to Sweden, which wants to question him about allegations of rape and molestation. His latest efforts involve seeking asylum from the government of Ecuador, which is due to announce its ruling on Assange's request Thursday. The following are key events in Assange's two-year-long legal saga:
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