Using social networking, a group called Shalom | Paix | Salam is trying to change the nature of the relationship between Jews and Muslims in France — one that is marked more by friction and conflict than by friendship — without shying away from the tough issues.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest after prosecutors said the hotel maid who accused the former director of the International Monetary Fund of rape lied to a grand jury.