(Reuters/Telegraph-UK) Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday he would urge members of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at its board meeting on Sept. 13, to refer the issue of Iran's nuclear weapons program to the UN Security Council. "We still believe that the Iranians...have a program that, in our judgment, is a nuclear program designed to develop ultimately a nuclear weapon," he said. Undersecretary of State John Bolton on Wednesday accused Iran of threatening global peace with its plans to process 37 tons of raw "yellowcake" uranium. Nuclear experts say this could ultimately produce enough fissile material for up to five crude nuclear bombs.
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