LONDON — Carphone Warehouse Group PLC is closing its 11 Best Buy “big box” electronics stores, launched in April last year, as part of a reorganization of its relationship with the U.S.-based company. The stores competed in a tough market ...

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LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released on bail Thursday — confined to a supporter’s 600-acre estate but free to get back to work spilling U.S. government secrets on his website as he fights Sweden’s attempt to extradite him ...

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LONDON — A British judge granted bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday, but he remained in custody pending a possible appeal. Swedish authorities were given two hours to lodge an appeal and their lawyer, Gemma Lindfield, said it ...

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LONDON — British lawmakers on Thursday approved a controversial plan to triple university tuition fees by a narrow margin after some government legislators rebelled amid violent protests outside Parliament. The plan to raise the cap on tuition fees to 9,000 ...

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LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange surrendered to London police Tuesday as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation, the latest blow to an organization that faces legal, financial and technological challenges after releasing hundreds of secret U.S. diplomatic cables. Assange ...

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