News Headlines - 19 August 2012

▽Man found dead at V Festival in Staffordshire | guardian.co.uk

A 20-year-old man has been found dead in a tent at the V Festival. Police said security staff at Weston Park, Staffordshire, were called to the tent at around 1am on Sunday morning where they discovered the man in an unresponsive state.

▽The Press Association: Assange in embassy for two months

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has now been inside Ecuador's London embassy for two months. The controversial figure - wanted in Sweden on sex allegations - entered the building seeking asylum on June 19 and has been inside since.

▽BBC News - Oracle confirms paying a blogger but Google names no-one

Oracle said it had relationships with blogger Florian Mueller and Stanford University's Prof Paul Goldstein. Google said it did not pay any "journalists, bloggers, or other commentators to write about this case".

▽Syria's Assad makes rare appearance in Damascus mosque | Reuters

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad performed Eid prayers in a Damascus mosque on Sunday, state television showed, in his first appearance in public since a July bombing in the Syrian capital that killed four top security officials.

▽The Press Association: Rodgers frustrated as Reds pay penalty

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers felt harshly treated by referee Phil Dowd after seeing his side crash to a 3-0 defeat at West Brom on the opening day of the Barclays Premier League season.