1.   On Thursday the adventures of British schoolboy wizard Harry Potter left the nation spellbound with cinemas across the country reporting close to sellout sessions.

2.   A British schoolboy held for a month by Nigerian security forces has been released, the Foreign Office said Friday.

3.   A British schoolboy who faced a three-year jail term for theft was acquitted by a Singapore court Thursday after government lawyers dropped the charge.

4.   Singapore prosecutors said Wednesday they had offered to withdraw charges against a British schoolboy accused of stealing a handbag in a widely-publicised case.

5.   The Foreign Office Friday expressed concern for a British schoolboy released by Nigerian security forces after a month in custody but ordered to report to them twice a week.