- Nude Harry photos: How UK tabloids lost their sting--The Internet had already disseminated the pics for the world to see while they were dealing with royal pressure not to publish them.
- Prince Harry naked Vegas photos published by Sun--"In a front page editorial, the Sun made the case for the 'public interest' of the pictures, in an attempt to meet the standards that guide decisions on the flow of certain information in the British press."
- I Shouldn't Have Looked at Those Naked Photos of Prince Harry
- Locked-in syndrome victims lose 'right to die' case--Tony Nicklinson, who wanted to die with dignity instead of living a life he "described as 'pure torture'", died from refusing food less than week after the case.
- Judge says religious couple's brain-damaged baby can be allowed to die
- Analysis: Britain's options for legalising euthanasia
- Ecuador says Julian Assange can stay at embassy indefinitely--While the UK refuses to guarantee Assange safe passage to Ecuador.
- Ecuador warning over possible Assange arrest attempt--Earlier in the week, President Correa said "removing the WikiLeaks founder from the embassy would set a dangerous precedent."
- Greenwald: The bizarre, unhealthy, blinding media contempt for Julian Assange--"It is possible to protect the rights of the complainants in Sweden and Assange's rights against political persecution, but a vindictive thirst for vengeance is preventing that."
- 'Operation Free Assange': Anonymous take down UK government websites
- Legal myths about the Assange extradition--"A brief critical and source-based guide to some common misconceptions."
- Anders Behring Breivik: Norway court finds him sane--And faces 21 years in prison.
- The Breivik Verdict and Europe's Far Right--"The smirk on Anders Behring Breivik's face was an indication that the Norwegian mass murderer got the verdict he wanted." NYT
- Breivik report forces Norway police chief to quit--"Norway's police chief resigned... days after an independent commission found that police could have prevented all or part of a bombing and shooting spree by far-right militant Anders Behring Breivik that killed 77 people."
- Gambia to execute all death row prisoners next month--"Gambian President Yahya Jammeh pledged to have all of the country's death-row prisoners executed by mid-September in a stern Eid address aired on Sunday which targeted "heinous acts" including homosexuality and drug use."
- Chinese Government Institutionalizes People Against Their Will: Chinese Human-Rights Defenders
- UK: George Orwell is 'too Left-wing' for a statue, BBC tells Joan Bakewell
- Australian Government Will Issue Overdue Apology to 1968 Olympic Hero Peter Norman
- Burma Abolishes Media Censorship
- Wildlife camera catches Austrian politician having sex in forest
- Thai MP Boonsong Kowawisarat 'accidentally kills secretary'--With an uzi.
- Gu Kailai and the body double debate--There's speculation the Chinese politician's wife who murdered a British businessman and received a suspended death sentence for it used a body double during the trial. The Chinese government is having none of it.
- Elderly woman destroys 19th-century fresco with DIY restoration--"The result was a botched repair where the intricate brush strokes of Martinez were replaced with a haphazard splattering of the octogenarian's paint."
- Woman who ruined Spanish fresco 'had permission' from priest--"The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic...."
- Beast-Jesus Restoration Society--Let her legacy live on... forever.
