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Telegraph: Alcohol-fuelled offences soar with 24-hour drinking.

End of Life

New England Journal of Medicine: "Brain Death" is not Necessarily Death-Organ Donors May Still be Alive.

Family

Telegraph: A lack of male role models and the glorification of "bling culture" has caused a crisis among boys in Britain, according to government minister David Lammy.

BBC News: A generation of boys is growing up with inadequate male role models and see crime as a short cut to wealth and power, a minister has warned.

Telegraph: Father loses career as a community worker after slapping unruly teenage daughter.

Reuters: Women who binge-drink early in pregnancy may raise their risk of having a baby with an oral cleft, a new study shows.

Freedom of Expression

Guardian: UN report says British terrorism and libel laws are interfering with freedom of expression.

Islam

Daily Times, Pakistan: Gatehouse expects UK Islamic investment banks to more than double within five years.

Metro: The UK's first Sharia-compliant prepaid MasterCard was launched on Monday, 11th August.

BBC News: Plans to release a novel about Prophet Muhammad's child bride A'isha have been scrapped by US publishers Random House over fears it could spark violence.

Religious Freedom

BBC News: No Brown rebuke for Iris Robinson over comments on homosexuality.

BBC News: Call to adopt UK Bill of Rights by cross-party committee of MPs and peers. CR

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