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Benjamin Netanyahu: World must draw ‘red line’ for Iran

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During his speech at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb by next summer and urged the world the draw a clear "red line" to stop it in its tracks.
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