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NPR's Jacki Lyden reports on the support Muslim countries are showing for the Bosnian government. Iran and other Islamic countries say that they will ignore the United Nations embargo of arms to Bosnia, with the support of the 52 member nations of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS THAT THE RWANDAN REFUGEE PROBLEM IN ZAIRE, ALTHOUGH CALM NOW, REMAINS UNRESOLVED AFTER THIS WEEK'S ROUND OF FORCED EXPULSIONS BY ZAIRIAN TROOPS.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Sarajevo that while the fighting has stopped in Bosnia, there's been some trouble in implementing other aspects of a 2-week old ceasefire agreement, those concerning the flow of civilian traffic on the roads.

Daniel talks with Jonathan Broder, Washington bureau chief of the Jerusalem Report about the political landscape in Israel after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. He says that the Israeli people are divided three ways on the country's future.

What's involved in implementing expanded self-rule in the West ank? Roads have to be built, security has to be increased for settlers and sraelis and Palestinians have to establish joint patrols. Preparations are lready underway. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on the latest developments.

Deirdre Berger reports from Frankfurt, Germany on how Jewish migres from Russia are adapting to life in Germany. In the past five years, ermany's Jewish population has nearly doubled - making Germany the fastest rowing Jewish community in Europe.

Reporter Claudio Sanchez takes a look at advocates of bills pending in Congress which would make English the official language of the United States. Supporters of the legislation say they are glad that the English-only issue is receiving a great deal of attention these days.

Derrick Ward of member station WAMU reports on WAshington D.C.'s preparation for the Million Man March. Public transporation schedules, police staffing, and businesses are all gearing up for a large infulx of visitors.

Typically, Russian tourists spend their holidays along the oast of the Black Sea. Joel Seidman reports from Turkey that affluent Russians ave changed their routes, and are instead taking their vacations at resorts long the shores of the Mediterranean.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists think they may have discovered a planet, outside our solar system, orbiting around a star, much as the earth orbits around our sun. It would be the first-ever discovery of its kind.