UPDATE (10:50 am) — Mubarak and his sons pleaded not guilty to murder and corruption charges.
* Egypt’s deposed President Mubarak was wheeled into court today and put in a cage (as is usual in Egyptian trials)
* He’s on trial for murder, corruption, abuse of office, allegedly harming Egypt’s national interests by selling natural gas to Israel - his sons are also on trial
* His prosecution is sending shivers down the spines of fellow Arab leaders; for Syria’s al Assad and Libya’s Qaddafi they may have more reason to continue fighting to stay in power, no matter the cost
* Many Egyptians doubted the day would actually come; and there are pro and anti demonstrations