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Julian Assange lands in Australia a free man

Source: PA Wire

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has arrived in his native Australia to be reunited with his family and start a new life as a free man.

He flew into the country’s capital Canberra on Wednesday in the final act of an extraordinary few days following his dramatic release from a London prison.

He will be met by his wife Stella, children Gabriel and Max, father John and other members of his family for an emotional reunion.

His freedom followed a two-hour court appearance before a judge in the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific just after midnight, where he pleaded guilty to a single charge after the US dropped

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