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Britain will not push Ecuador to evict Julian Assange
The British government will not use the election result in Ecuador to renew efforts to evict Julian Assange from his Knightsbridge bolthole.
Nick Miller is Europe correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
The British government will not use the election result in Ecuador to renew efforts to evict Julian Assange from his Knightsbridge bolthole.
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