The diplomats, who were investigating the political situation, were chased by police and then held for five hours before being released, American officials said.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, one of the five detainees being arraigned Thursday, ridiculed the legal system and told the court he wanted to be put to death.
AP - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said he would welcome becoming a "marytr" after a judge warned Thursday that he faces the death penalty for his confessed role as mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
AP - Acting swiftly as his party's presumed presidential nominee, Barack Obama is keeping Howard Dean at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, while bringing in one of his top strategists to oversee the party's operations.
AP - Some of Hillary Rodham Clinton's biggest backers from New York rallied around Barack Obama Thursday as she signaled her candidacy was ending. The likely Democratic nominee said he won't be hurried into a decision on whether to make her his running mate.
The man who said he was responsible for the 9/11 attacks "from A to Z" told a military tribunal today he wants to be executed. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said, "That is what I wish, I wish to be martyred," when asked if he realized he faced the death penalty. Mohammed and four others are being arraigned on charges at Guantanamo Bay.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama heads into Republican territory today to kick off his general election campaign. A pair of stops in Virginia signals that the Illinois senator thinks he can turn the once solidly red state into a Democratic gain this fall.
Hillary Clinton, whose campaign said she will suspend her presidential bid within days, thanked supporters in an e-mail Thursday and pledged to help Barack Obama capture the White House. Meanwhile, top Democrats from Clinton's home state of New York announced plans to endorse the Illinois senator.
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