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Openleaks New Wikileaks Rival - A group of former WikiLeaks collaborators who quit the project are to launch a new campaigning site next week to protest against its founder, a Swedish newspaper said on Thursday. Respected daily Dagens Nyheter said the decision was made to launch the site, Openleaks, in protest against Julian Assange. It did not elaborate. "Our long-term goal is to build a strong, transparent platform to support whistleblowers, both in terms of technology and politics, while at the same time encouraging others to start similar projects," the newspaper quoted a source connected to the new site as saying. The report, headlined "'New WikiLeaks' rebels against Assange," said the person wished to remain anonymous. Unusually, the newspaper printed the article in both English and Swedish on the front page of its website, www.dn.se . Openleaks New Wikileaks Rival The source said a short-term goal was to complete the technical infrastruct...