10 things you need to know today: June 3, 2012

Egyptians protest in Tahrir Square, George Zimmerman is set to surrender, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

An anti-Mubarak protester asks for the death penalty before the former Egyptian leader was sentenced to life in prison
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1. ASSAD DENIES GOVERNMENT ROLE IN HOULA MASSACRE

Describing the Houla massacre that left more than 100 people dead — many of them children — as an "ugly crime," Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that his government forces perpetrated the assault. "What happened in Houla and elsewhere are brutal massacres which even monsters would not have carried out," he said in a televised address to parliament. Assad again blamed "terrorists" supported by foreign powers, for fomenting discord, but eyewitnesses had said pro-government militias had carried out most of the killings. [BBC]

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