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Assange’s guilty plea; protests rock Kenya, and more
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Julian Assange pleaded guilty on the American Pacific island of Saipan to a single charge of espionage, before heading to his native Australia a free man. Also, William Ruto, Kenya’s president, said he would deploy the army to quell protests across the country.
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