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Kidnapped British Boy Is Found |
The 5-year old British boy kidnapped in Pakistan last week has been found.
Pakistan's Law minister says Sahil Saeed from Oldham was recovered yesterday.
A Pakistani TV station reports that some members of his family were involved in his abduction.
His father returned to the UK yesterday.
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US Criticises Israel for West Bank Construction |
The US Vice President has criticised Israel's approval of 16 hundred new homes on disputed land near Jerusalem.
Joe Biden says the Israeli plan is undermining peace efforts with the Palestinians.
He's in Israel to try to kick-start the peace process.
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Five Charity Workers Killed In Pakistan |
Five workers with the World Vision charity have been killed by suspected militants in Pakistan.
The offices of the Christian organisation in Mansehra district were attacked with grenades.
The dead are all Pakistanis and included two women.
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US: Boy Hero Saves Family from Gunment |
A young boy's being hailed a hero for helping save his family when three armed men broke into their house in southern California.
The 7-year-old called the emergency services to raise the alarm after they threatened his parents with a gun.
He grabbed his little sister and hid in the bathroom before dialling 911.
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McGuinness Served Write for IRA Involvement |
A leading victims campaigner has tried to serve a High Court writ on Martin McGuinness for his alleged part in IRA violence.
Willie Frazer, who lost five relatives at the hands of republican paramilitaries during the Troubles, confronted the Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister at Stormont today.
The legal papers accuse him of membership of the IRA army council that ordered the murder of his father.
Mr McGuinness refused to accept the document.
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N.I. Politicians Back Devolution |
Politicians in Northern Ireland have backed the final transfer of policing and justice powers.
Before the vote at Stormont, the Ulster Unionist Party said it rejected the agreement.
The UUP claimed the Assembly wasn't ready for the responsibilities.
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