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- The government of Ecuador grants political asylum to Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks.
- British bank Standard Chartered agrees to pay the US state of New York a $340 million fine to settle money laundering charges.
- The closing ceremony (pictured) of the Summer Olympics is held in London.
- Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy wins the PGA Championship by a record eight strokes.
- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi orders Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi to resign and cancels military-declared constitutional amendments.
- In the Olympics, Jamaica and the United States set world records in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay and the women's 4 × 100 metres relay, respectively.
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