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Page last updated at 14:35 GMT, Thursday, 18 March 2010

Sahil and Raja Saeed
Kidnapped boy and father reunited
Sahil Saeed, the boy kidnapped in Pakistan two weeks ago, has been reunited with his father and is heading home to the UK.
Sahil reunited with father
In pictures: Sahil kidnap
Mother's joy as Sahil is released

US drone Key al-Qaeda man 'died in strike'
A key al-Qaeda man, wanted for a deadly attack on a CIA base, was killed in a drone strike, US officials believe.

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Five children poisoned to death in a village in India may have been sacrificed, police say.

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