Later, at a press conference, Mr Singh also dampened hopes of an imminent breakthrough in talks with Pakistan.

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Late Thursday night, that's where the child and his kidnapper remained -- with no sign the boy had been harmed, said Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson, but no indication a breakthrough was imminent, either.

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Paul Collingwood, the man perhaps most under threat by Flintoff's imminent return, came closest to an afternoon breakthrough, McKenzie getting a leading edge just short of a diving Kevin Pietersen at short mid-wicket.

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