swedish prosecutors

The WikiLeaks founder has been at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to avoid extradition. Swedish prosecutors halted the probe, but London police quickly said they'd still enforce their arrest warrant.

In a potential breakthrough to the long-running standoff, Ecuador says it will set a date for Swedish prosecutors to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside its embassy in London.

Time essentially ran out on investigations into three sex-crime accusations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. One allegation of rape remains.