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WikiLeaks

December 1, 2010

New revelations by WikiLeaks are making waves among foreign governments around the globe. The whistle-blower unveiled on its site more than 250,000 leaked US State Department cables.

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New revelations by WikiLeaks are making waves among foreign governments around the globe. The whistle-blower unveiled on its site more than 250,000 leaked US State Department cables, covering several major diplomatic crises worldwide.

The files add to the hundreds of thousands of classified US documents the secretive organization has released in recent months.

DW-WORLD has been following WikiLeaks' development.
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