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Manning testifies for first time in WikiLeaks case

FORT MEADE, Maryland (AFP)

The US Army private accused of passing a trove of secret government documents to WikiLeaks testified Thursday for the first time at a pre-trial hearing before a military judge.

Bradley Manning, 24, looked nervous and his voice trembled slightly as he began to answer questions about his detention in a courtroom at Fort Meade, Maryland, north of the US capital.