The pre-trial hearing for US Army Private Bradley Manning, accused of handing over US classified documents to WikiLeaks, adjourned for the day and will resume on Saturday.

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Alm

Lawyers for US soldier Bradley Manning mounted an aggressive defense at a hearing Friday on whether to court-martial him for spilling US diplomatic and military secrets to WikiLeaks.

Manning's lead a

Immediate commanders of Bradley Manning, the US Army private suspected of passing secret government files to WikiLeaks, defied a mental health expert's recommendation that he not be deployed to Iraq,

London: Whistle-blower website Wikileaks has donated $15,100 to the legal defence fund of the US soldier accused of providing it with the digital trove of secret diplomatic cables sent to and from Ame

Dec 25: Months of "inhumane" solitary confinement are taking a toll on the US Army private suspected of passing secret government files to WikiLeaks, a friend says.

"It has become obvious to me that

July 27: A 22-year-old US Army intelligence analyst, facing a court-martial, appears to be behind the biggest leak in US military history of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan that also ex