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The man who claimed he planned the 9.11 attacks is before a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba today. But Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants would not answer the judge’s questions and even refuse to listen to them by taking off the earphones that provided interpretation into Arabic. They are being arraigned on charges including nearly 3,000 counts of murder. Some of the families of those who died are watching via close circuit TV. New York City Deputy Fire Chief Jim Riches lost his son on 9.11. He doesn’t expect to learn anything from the defendants during the proceeding.

"We won’t know what they say because then I see anything that they do not shot, and they put hands down”
Riches’s son Jimmy was a firefighter who died at the World Trade Center. His father said he hoped the defendants are executed if they're found guilty.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has left after a trip overshadowed by negotiations over the fate of the dissident, who’d appealed for US protection. NPR’s Louisa Lim reports.
Cen remains in hospital surrounded by Chinese security. Beijing has hinted it will give him a passport to study in the US. But it’s not clear when he will be able to leave China. Yesterday Chen saw US embassy staff and doctors, who confirmed he has three broken bones. Access to him is still restricted. Last night, around a dozen western journalists were summoned for trying to interview him in hospital. They were warned their visas could be revoked if found inside the hospital again. Louisa Lim, NPR news, Beijing.

Security is tight in Cairo after violent clashes yesterday nearly the Ministry of Defense. One person was killed, hundreds were injured. Marry Kennedy reports.

Clashes erupted in the midafternoon between protesters and military police in front the Ministry. Protesters were trapped on a narrow street as fights broke up between and some demonstrators on the other end of the road. The military forces have cleared the area and impose a curfew around the Ministry until early this morning. In a statement, the ruling military council called the action of protesters a threat to the nation. This happens after mass marches brought thousands of protesters to the military’s own doorstep with suspicion that the military would not hand off their power to a democratically elected government next month as promised. For NPR news, I’m Marry Kennedy in Cairo.

The President’s reelection campaign is officially underway.

"We are going to win this thing the old-fashioned way, door by door, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood.”

Mr. Obama spoke to a rally at Ohio state university earlier this afternoon. His next stop is Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Virginia. Both states are expected to be important in selecting the next President. This is NPR news from Washington.

Lawyer for Jerry Sandusky have filed papers that suggest there may be more people claiming he sexually abused them than he originally thought. The former Penn state University assistant football coach he is charged with 52 counts of sexual abuse involving ten boys. The children have been identified only as victims one through ten. His lawyers want the judge to order the prosecution to handle over more documents connected to the case, including information relating to accusers’ reference as 1 through 17 as well as 18 through an unknown number. Sandusky has maintained his innocence.

The Archbishop of Philadelphia has suspended several priests and exonerate others after a fifteen month investigation. But NPR’s Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports watchdog groups aren’t satisfied.

Five priests are being removed from ministry for abusing or behaving inappropriately with Children. Three has been exonerated and will return to ministry. Investigators hired by the archdiocese say they had unfettered access to documents and witnesses and did a thorough job but Terrenes of Bishop of says the report falls short.

"We would’ve liked a transparent assessment with real finding and real reasons why a priest was either allowed to remain in ministry or was going to be removed from ministry. We didn’t get that.”

The archdiocese says it will decide the fate of 17 other priests sometime in the next few weeks. Barbara Bradley Hagerty, NPR news.

The morning training at Churchill Downs in Louisville was cancelled today after a night of thunder storms. Officials expect the Kentucky derby will take place as scheduled at 6:24 pm Eastern time. It’s the 138th running of the first leg of horse racing Triple Crown.
I’m Nora Raum, NPR news.