Arts, culture and entertainment

• After more than a century in British collections, the head of Noongar leader Yagan is ceremonially buried on the 177th anniversary of his last full day of freedom. (ABC) (Perth Now) (The West-Yahoo!-7)

Business and economy

• After public outcry, gamemaker Blizzard Entertainment rescinds its plan to force users of its World of Warcraft online game to post under their real names. (BBC News)
• Chinese exports rose by 43.9% this past June, compared to the same time last year. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Gunman Raoul Moat shoots and kills himself after a 6-hour standoff with police, ending the largest manhunt in United Kingdom's recent history. (BBC News) (Daily Telegraph)

Politics and elections

• An aid ship trying to carry aid to Gaza is forced to dock at el-Arish in Egypt, after coming under heavy Israeli pressure to not break Israel's Gaza blockade. (BBC News)
• A new bill is introduced in the Israeli Knesset that would force Haredi Jewish schools to teach core subjects such as mathematics, science, English, and civics, or lose state funding. (Haaretz)
• Between 1.1 and 1.5 million people, according to organisers, and 56000 demonstrators, according to spanish protesters-counting specialized company Lynce, demonstrate in central Barcelona demanding greater autonomy for Catalonia within Spain. (BBC News) (Times of India) (AFP)
• A breakaway group from the National League for Democracy in Burma registers to participate in the general election later this year. (BBC News) (AFP) (Al Jazeera)
• Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan makes a final campaign push on the eve of the country's Upper House election. (Channel NewsAsia)
• North Korea offers to return to the six-party talks over its nuclear weapons programme. (Al Jazeera) (Arirang News) (AP)
• Sri Lankan lawmaker Wimal Weerawansa ends his hunger strike against United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to send a human rights panel to investigate war crimes to the country. (The Hindu) (AFP) (Xinhua)
• The leaders of North and South Sudan begin talks on a strategy to deal with the results of next year's referendum on independence for the latter. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (AFP)

Science

• The Rosetta probe makes a flyby past the 21 Lutetia asteroid to gather scientific data. (BBC News)
• BP is set to remove the containment cap over the destroyed Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, and replace it with a bigger cap. Oil and gas will spew unrestricted from the well for an estimated four to seven days until the new cap is in place. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2010 FIFA World Cup: Germany defeats Uruguay 3-2 to finish third. (BBC)
• UEFA President Michel Platini is released from hospital. (France24)