Palestinian academic Mazen al-Najjar, who has been in a Manatee County, Florida jail for three years without any charges filed against him on what government officials call "secret evidence", has been ordered released, by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno on Friday.

Yugoslavia And Bosnia Seek To Heal War Wounds With New Ties
Bosnia and Yugoslavia established diplomatic relations Friday nearly a decade after the breakup of the Yugoslav federation that sparked the 1992-1995 war, the worst conflict in Europe since World War II.

Violence Renews Despite High-Level Palestinian-Israeli Meeting

Israeli authorities restricted thousands of Muslim Palestinian worshipers from entering al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) for Friday prayer, igniting clashes between stone throwing Palestinians and bullet shooting Israeli security forces.

Muslim American Organization Places Petition Online 

In conjunction with several U.S. Islamic organizations, the Muslim American Society (MAS) is distributing a petition that it will deliver to the new U.S. administration of George W. Bush after January 20th.