Saudi Arabia Muzdalifa
Some two million Muslims headed to Muzdalifa on Thursday after spending the day at the plain of Arafat to prepare to cast stones at the devil.
Bright weather greeted the pilgrims after heavy rain hit the nearby city of Jeddah, gateway to Mecca, on Wednesday. At Muzdalifa, the pilgrims will collect pebbles to throw at walls at the Jamarat Bridge on three occasions over the next three days in an act that symbolises the rejection of the devil's temptations.
Italy Milan
Giorgio Carbone, elected prince of the village of Seborga whose colourful language earned him the title "Your Tremendousness," has died at the age of 73, ANSA news agency reported.
Carbone, who adopted the title Prince Giorgio I of Seborga when he was chosen as its prince in 1963, had been ill for two years, ANSA said.
Seborga mints its own coin and issues passports and car number plates.
Hungary Pecs
A student opened fire at a university in the southern Hungarian city of Pecs on Thursday, killing a classmate and wounding three other people, university and police officials said.
A 23-year-old man has been detained and is being questioned, police spokeswoman Bernadett Bojtor said, adding his motive was unknown.
"He ran across to a nearby clinic, and gave himself up in a phone call," she said. "He used a handgun."
Justice Minister Tibor Draskovics told M1 television: "It appears that this young man had a conflict with himself or with the world ."
El Salvador San Salvador
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador Thursday, shaking buildings in the capital and causing people to flee into the streets, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
