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Your timeline is also wrong:
20 August 2010 The Swedish Prosecutor's Office issues an arrest warrant for Julian Assange ...
21 August 2010 The arrest warrant is withdrawn ...
31 August 2010 Mr Assange is questioned by police for about an hour in Stockholm ...
1 September 2010 Swedish Director of Prosecution Marianne Ny says she is reopening the rape investigation against Mr Assange ... Ms Ny is also head of the department that oversees prosecution of sex crimes ...
Timeline: sexual allegations against Assange in Sweden
16 August 2012 Last updated at 10:31 ET
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11949341
The investigation continued after withdrawal of the original arrest warrant, and the investigation into the rape allegation was re-opened by the top person who oversees prosecution of sex crimes on the day after Assange's 31 August 2010 interview with the police
