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Attorneys for George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with shooting Trayvon Martin, 17, to death is asking for more time to prepare for his case.

As President Obama's newly nominated Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is set to meet with the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, he will no doubt get a harsher grilling from his colleagues than the newly confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry did two weeks ago.

Five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old student in New Delhi in December will be formally charged in court on Saturday, which will set the stage for the beginning of their trial.