EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the latest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed during the day.

• The United States’ President Barack Obama has said during an interview with CBS that he will not release photographs of Osama bin Laden’s dead body. Earlier, Republican House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said the picture could inflame anti-US sentiments around the world and endanger lives – and added that conspiracy theorists would not be persuaded no matter what the US does.
• They called themselves the Khans, drove a red Suzuki, paid their bills on time, and never had visitors - see how the Bin Laden’s lived in a a quiet, middle class neighbourhood in Abbattobad.
• The former head of a diocese in Novia Scotia, Canada, has pleaded guilty to possessing and importing indecent images of children. Seventy-year-old Raymond Lahey resigned from his post before the charges were made public in 2009.
• A Viking settlement has been uncovered in Temple Bar during building work to erect a retractable canopy over Meeting House Square. The remains of the settlement are believed to have been an island in the middle of the River Poddle that was destroyed by flood waters in the 10th or 11th century.
• The government has unveiled plans to reduce number of TDs in the next Dáil – without needing to hold a referendum to do so. The next Constituency Commission will have its terms of reference changed so that revised constituencies will elect fewer TDs.
• Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed a unity pact in Egypt today, which marks an end to their four-year rift. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the move a “tremendous blow for peace”, reports the BBC.
• The main opposition party in Portugal has indicated that it will back a €78 billion bailout package, which is expected to guarantee the country a recession of at least two years, Reuters reports.
• The gardaí are to borrow water cannons from the PSNI in preparation for the impending visit from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth later this month, the Irish Times reports.  Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore said on RTÉ radio this morning: “We’ve seen very menacing threats coming from [dissident republican] groups in recent weeks… The government is concerned about any dissident threats there are, and the security arrangements are very strong arrangements.”
• Jedward have been handed an unlikely boost ahead of next week’s Eurovision song contest in Düsseldorf - by coming just off the top of Google’s Eurovision Forecaster. The forecaster, launched April 24, has seen the Lucan twins come second only to Lena, Germany’s winner from last year’s competition.
• Nick Leeson served time for the actions that brought down Barings bank – but what happened to the treasury, risk management and compliance professionals who failed to stop him? Well, they’re still working in finance. In his latest column for TheJournal.ie, Leeson explains why accountability should come from the top.
• New York’s iconic yellow taxi fleet is getting a makeover – and is to be replaced with fuel-efficient models from Japan instead. The news has made us come over all nostalgic…

• And the winners of today’s caption competition for the cosy photo below are…

Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

PJ Browne

Kenny: “Everybody smile, new directive from the IMF.”

Paddy Carroll

Mary: “Careful Enda, he’s going for your watch…”

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