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May 6, 2011 (San Diego’s East County) -- ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.
Top global and national news stories include:
U.S. NEWS
• U.S. employment jumps 244, 000 jobs in April (CNN)
• House passes restrictive anti-abortion package (Los Angeles Times)
• 500-year floods: Eyes on the Mississippi River (Fox)
• EPA halts extra radiation monitoring: Focus shifts to food (Forbes)
• Appeals court overturns stem cell research ban (NPR)
BIN LADEN DEATH
• Official: Bin Laden material shows threats to railways, key cities (CNN)
• Obama decides against releasing bin Laden death photo (Los Angeles Times)
• The killing of bin Laden: Was it legal? (CNN)
• Fears of Qaeda violence after U.S. kills Osama (Reuters)
OTHER WORLD NEWS
• Palestinians end four-year rift in Cairo ceremony (Reuters)
• Fukushima prepares for cold shut-down (Christian Science Monitor)
• Three suspected al Qaeda members held in Germany (Reuters)
• ‘Egypt to permanently open Rafah border crossing’ (Jerusalem Post)
• Members of Syria’s Baath party resign in protest (NPR)
U.S. NEWS
U.S. EMPLOYMENT JUMPS 244,000 JOBS IN APRIL
May 6, 2011 (CNN)--US employment rose in April for the seventh month in a row, official figures have shown, but the overall unemployment rate has also risen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13310779
HOUSE PASSES RESTRICTIVE ANTI-ABORTION PACKAGE
May 4, 2011 (Los Angeles Times)--The so-called No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act is approved along party lines and would make into law current policies that prohibit federal money from paying for abortions through Medicaid and some other federal programs.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-congress-abortion-2...
500 YEAR FLOOD: EYES ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
April 28, 2011 (Fox). - The Mississippi River continues to rise, so much so that its tributaries are starting to flow backwards. At Tom Lee Park, preps for Memphis in May continue knowing that the worst is still yet to come.
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/weather/all-eyes-on-the-mississippi-rive...
EPA HALTS EXTRA RADIATION MONITORING; FOCUS SHIFTS TO SEA FOOD
May 4, 2011 (Forbes)--The Environmental Protection Agency has halted accelerated testing of precipitation, drinking water, and milk for radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the agency announced yesterday.
http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffmcmahon/2011/05/04/epa-halts-extra-radiation...
APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS STEMCELL RESEARCH BAN
April 29, 2011 (NPR) -- Opponents of taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research lost a key round in a federal appeals court Friday.
In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. court of appeals in Washington overturned a judge's order that would have blocked federal financing of stem cell research. The judges ruled that opponents are not likely to succeed in their lawsuit to stop the government funding.
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135840798/appeals-court-overturns-stem-cel...
BIN LADEN DEATH
OFFICIAL: BIN LADEN MATERIAL SHOWS THREATS TO RAILWAYS, KEY CITIES
May 5, 2011 (CNN) -- Information taken from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan indicates that al Qaeda was mulling attacks on a handful of U.S. cities, timed to significant dates, a U.S. official said.
One law enforcement source said that an alert issued Thursday and tied to rail security is the first new notice that can be linked to the early Monday raid on the Abbottabad compound where the al Qaeda leader was found and killed.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/bin.laden.main/index.html?hp...
OBAMA DECIDES AGAINST RELEASING BIN LADEN DEATH PHOTO
May 4, 2011 (Los Angeles Times)-- Obama decides against releasing Osama bin Laden death photo
The president says making public pictures of Osama bin Laden's body would pose security risks and would be counter to American values. 'We don't need to spike the football,' Obama says.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bin-laden-photo-2011...
THE KILLING OF BIN LADEN: WAS IT LEGAL?
May 4, 2011 (CNN)-- (CNN) -- Was the killing of Osama bin Laden legal under international law?
The administration says yes, absolutely. Experts are unsure.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/bin.laden.legal/index.html?h...
OTHER WORLD NEWS
PALESTINIANS END FOUR-YEAR RIFT IN CAIRO CEREMONY
May 4, 2011 (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders formally ended a four-year rift between the secular Fatah and Islamist Hamas groups at a ceremony in Egypt Wednesday, a reconciliation they see as crucial to their drive for an independent state.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/04/us-palestinians-reconciliation...
FUKUSHIMA PREPARES FOR COLD SHUTDOWN: WILL IT FINALLY STABILIZE UNIT 1?
May 4, 2011 (Christian Science Monitor) -- At Fukushima Daiichi in Japan, nuclear reactor Unit 1 is being prepared for 'cold shutdown,' which requires flooding the reactor's containment structure with cold water to stop steam production.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0504/Fukushima-prepares-for-cold-shutd...
FEARS OF QAEDA VENGEANCE AFTER U.S. KILLS OSAMA
May 2, 2011 (Reuters) - World leaders warned of revenge attacks after Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. assault in Pakistan on Monday that brought to a dramatic end the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had become the most powerful symbol of Islamist militancy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/02/us-obama-statement-idUSTRE7410...
THREE SUSPECTED AL QAEDA MEMBERS HELD IN GERMANY
April 29, 2011 (Reuters) - German police arrested three suspected members of al Qaeda on Friday, federal prosecutors said, and the newspaper Bild reported that officers had seized large amounts of explosives.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/29/us-germany-alqaeda-idUSTRE73S3...
'EGYPT TO PERMANENTLY OPEN RAFAH BORDER CROSSING'
April 28, 2011 (Jerusalem Post) -- Egyptian FM Elaraby tells Al-Jazeera that Gaza crossing could be opened within 7 to 10 days; "steps taken to alleviate suffering of Palestinians."
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=218343
MEMBERS OF SYRIA’S BAATH PARTY RESIGN IN PROTEST
April 29, 2011 (NPR) -- There are some signs of cracks in the regime of Syria's President Bashar al Assad. More than 200 members of the ruling Baath Party have resigned to protest the government's violent crackdown on demonstrators. Hundreds of protesters have been killed in recent weeks.
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135829331/200-members-of-syrias-baath-part...
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