 This marks the end of a long legal saga for Assange. He spent seven years hiding in London's Ecuadorian embassy in connection to a sexual assault investigation by Sweden. The accusations were later dropped. He was then arrested in the UK for skipping bail, and the US tried to extradite him. But next week, Assange will celebrate his first birthday as a free man in a long time. For NPR News, I'm Nina Rao in Saipan.