by Gaël Branchereau Agence France Presse  Swedish prosecutors Friday dropped a seven-year rape investigation into Julian Assange, a legal victory for the WikiLeaks founder who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012. “Director of Public Prosecution, Marianne Ny, has today decided to discontinue the investigation regarding suspected rape by Julian Assange,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Friday was the deadline for the public prosecutor’s office to either renew […]