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Forward with this plea but obviously when he was starting to what -- we call it a plea allocution, an explanation to the court of how you committed the crime, van der sloot was going off script and if he doesn't describe the crime in the proper way, the court is not allowed to accept the guilty plea. so i think under the circumstances the defense attorney decided maybe we should put the case over so i can talk to him and see if we can get the plea put back in. so this, by the way, this even happens in american courtrooms sometimes when a defendant sort of goes off script and starts to say thin...

similar bombings two weeks ago on al qaeda. the opposition accuses the government of staging the blasts to back up a claim that it's fighting terrorists. iran planning more war games. state-run media report another round of military drills are going to take place next month in the straight of hormuz. the most recent exercises ended just this week. tensions now have been rising over this strategic critical waterway. iran threatened recently to block the strait if new sanctions harm iranian oil exports. the government also threatens to take action if u.s. air craft carrier goes throu...

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