WikiLeaks Founder Says He’ll Leave Embassy Soon

LONDON (AP) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (ah-SAHNJ') says he will be leaving the Ecuadorean Embassy in London soon but did not say when or explain his decision.

Assange has been holed up in the embassy in a small ground floor apartment near London's Harrods department store for more than two years.

The Australian fled there in 2012 to escape extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted over sex crime allegations.

Ecuador has granted him refugee status, but British police have so far refused to let him leave the country.

Assange told reporters during a news conference today that his health has suffered during his time at the embassy.

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