PRESIDENT Barack Obama said yesterday he’s decided not to release death photos of terrorist Osama bin Laden because their graphic nature could incite violence and create national security risks for the United States.

PUSHING toward a historic Supreme Court confirmation vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday approved Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice, after nearly unanimous Republican opposition.

Hundreds of US troops marked the Fourth of July by re-enlisting in the military today, while others took their oaths of American citizenship in ceremonies at the main US headquarters in Iraq.