Confusion at journalist's murder trial

The retrial of three men charged with murdering Paul Klebnikov, the American editor of the Russian-language edition of Forbes magazine, opened yesterday in confusion in Moscow. Two of the suspects failed to appear and the judge postponed jury selection for a month. A jury acquitted the two suspects - Kazbek Dukuzov and Musa Vakhayev, both Chechens - after a closed trial last year that raised questions about the Russian government's handling of the case. The Russian supreme court overturned that acquittal and ordered a new trial, but the men have since remained free. Their whereabouts remain unclear. (Via New York Times)