Stage set for epic extradition fight over WikiLeaks' Assange

LONDON -- What is expected to be an epic legal and political battle over whether to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S. began to take shape, with Britain's opposition Labour Party urging the government Friday not to hand the WikiLeaks founder over to the Americans. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted that the U.S. is prosecuting Assange because he exposed "evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan." Diane Abbott, Labour's spokeswoman for domestic affairs, said the case is about the "embarra