Bofors case Italian says available for quizzing
An Italian wanted in connection with an Indian arms scandal on Friday offered himself for questioning by Indian authorities as a Kuala Lumpur court began hearing extradition proceedings against him.



Two million throng Mecca for Haj
An estimated two million pilgrims attended Friday prayers at Islam's holiest shrine in Mecca on the eve of the Haj, the annual pilgrimage in the footsteps of the Prophet Mohammad.



NASA kills space plane programme
NASA has killed the experimental space plane programme that was the centerpiece of its effort to develop a new generation of vehicles for space travel, the Washington Post reported on Friday.



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