一分鐘新聞 2009年4月一分鐘新聞09.04.04

1. Multiple people have been killed in an attack on an immigration services center in Binghamton, New York. The gunman reportedly barricaded the rear door of the building with his car before entering the front door and opening fire.

2. Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming at a town hall meeting in Strasbourg, France.

3. The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 8.5% in March, the highest since 1983 as employers cut some 600,000 jobs last month. It's fresh evidence of the total recession has inflicted on America's workers and economists say there is no relief in sight.

4. Seattle Mariners star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is being treated for a bleeding ulcer and was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday for the first time in his career, sending Seattle into opening day minus one of baseball's best players.