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A picture is worth a thousand words. But if you include an entire database, make it interactive, and add filtering options, the word-to-picture exchange rate is even better.

Infographics at their best are more than just pictures — they can provide new understandings, succinct summaries, or just plain old fun.

In that respect, reading newspaper archives isn’t the only way to get a deeper understanding of current events. Infographics can help us get a better grasp on what’s going on.

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Sweden’s chief prosecutor has reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Recently, Assange was accused with crimes of molestation and rape by the Swedish authorities. Assange has denied the allegations, claiming they are “without basis,” and later calling the case a “smear campaign” against him and WikiLeaks.

The rape charges were soon dropped by Eva Finne, chief prosecutor in Stockholm, but after the lawyer of the allegedly assaulted woman appealed the decision the case was reopened by Sweden’s Director of Public Prosecution Marianne Ny.

WikiLeaks is a website that offers a shelter for whistleblowers, publishing previously unavailable documents (...)

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WikiLeaks has announced via Twitter that it will be releasing a leaked CIA paper sometime later today.

The website rose to prominence after releasing over 70,000 U.S. Afghanistan war reports. Since then it has become the center of controversy. The Pentagon itself has issued a demand for the return of the documents in WikiLeaks’ possession, promising to “compel them to do the right thing” if it doesn’t return the war reports.

In a tweet late last night, WikiLeaks promised more leaked documents, this time in the form of a CIA document. “WikiLeaks to release CIA paper tomorrow,” the (...)

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We hope you had a great weekend and that you have an even better work week. To help you get into the swing of things, we’ve assembled 16 helpful or entertaining stories from Saturday and Sunday to help you start your Monday on a strong information foundation.

The big news this week was the rape accusations made against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Google launched some sweet new tools, Chatroulette went down to prepare for a re-launch and Posterous added some neat design features.

Thanks for reading!

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On Friday, controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was accused of rape. Only hours later the charges were dropped, and now Al-Jazeera has quoted Assange saying that the accusations were part of “a smear campaign.”

Assange and WikiLeaks said on Twitter that some enemy of the site was using the rape accusations as “dirty tricks.” According to The New York Times, Assange claims that even though the charges were dropped, damage has already been done because enemies of the site can use the rumors in a war of public opinion and perception.

WikiLeaks drew fire from the Pengaton and other governmental (...)

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