AP 2011-05-08(在线收听

1. President Barack Obama says releasing photos of Osama Bin Laden's body could pose a national security risk. The White House says the president ultimately decided he did not want to make available graphic photos that could become a propaganda tool.

 

2. An American woman released from prison in Iran says she won't be going back to stand trial. She and two fellow hikers are charged with spying for the US. Sarah Shourd says she suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

 

3. The Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether to blast more holes in levees along the Mississippi River, inundating more land with water in order to spare other communities from severe flooding. Memphis could see a near-record crest of 48 feet next week.

 

4. And don't expect this to be a warm, fuzzy story about a panda. Keepers at a Chinese zoo say a peacock ran into the panda's enclosure. The black and white bear retaliated by chasing the peacock and biting it to death.

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