Hi, I'm Kristin Volk with a UPI news update on this Friday, May 16, 2008. Osama bin Laden is urging his followers to liberate Palestine in a new audio tape he's reportedly released. The Al Qaeda leader's message coincides with Israel's 60 anniversary. In the tape that appears on Jihadist websites, Bin Laden reportedly told listeners that freeing Palestine should be the goal of every Muslim and claimed that Israel has engaged in terror. More than 4 thousand aftershocks have hit China since Monday's devastating earthquake there. Those shocks have triggered landslides, blocked roads, knocked out phone lines, and complicated rescue efforts. The official death toll now stands at more than 22 thousand, but officials warn it could top 50 thousand. But, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble days after the 7.9 magnitude quake rocked the southwest part of the country. Gay and lesbian couples have been given permission to marry in California. That's after California's Supreme Court...