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• Kidnapped British boy arrives home Thursday, 18 March 2010, 8:27 pm
  Five-year-old Sahil Saeed returns to the family home in Oldham, as three people are charged with his kidnapping in Pakistan.
• Cuba 1968 hijacker pleads guilty Thursday, 18 March 2010, 8:17 pm
  A US man who hijacked a US flight and diverted it to Cuba in 1968 pleads guilty to kidnapping and aircraft piracy.
• Woman died of mushroom poisoning Thursday, 18 March 2010, 7:45 pm
  A woman died from poisoning after eating fatal death cap mushrooms she had mistaken for field mushrooms, an inquest hears.
• UN body rejects bluefin tuna ban Thursday, 18 March 2010, 7:29 pm
  A US- and EU-backed bid to ban the trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna fails at a UN wildlife meeting, raising fears for the species' future.
• US health bill 'will cut deficit' Thursday, 18 March 2010, 7:20 pm
  Congressional officials say the healthcare bill will cut the deficit by $138bn over 10 years, ahead of a possible vote on Sunday.
• Statistic or story? Thursday, 18 March 2010, 7:19 pm
  How Pakistan saw the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed
• Day in pictures Thursday, 18 March 2010, 7:14 pm
  Striking images from around the world
• Invisibility cloak created in 3-D Thursday, 18 March 2010, 7:13 pm
  Scientists create the first cloaking device to render an object invisible in three dimensions.
• Nigeria recalls Libya ambassador Thursday, 18 March 2010, 6:30 pm
  Nigeria recalls its ambassador to Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested Nigeria be divided into two states.
• Facebook rules out 'panic button' Thursday, 18 March 2010, 6:19 pm
  Facebook says it will not install a "panic button" on its main pages for users to report suspected paedophiles, but will develop its existing reporting system.