NEWSWATCH: According to Reuters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran is only a few months from having virtually all it needs to build a nuclear device; in a separate report, the agency reports that China has upped the ante over its territorial dispute with Japan.
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Reuters: Israeli PM: Iran to be on brink of nuclear weapons capability by mid-2013... Netanyahu's warning on Sunday that Iran would reach the brink of being able to build a nuclear bomb in just six or seven months has reinforced his demand that the US spell out limits that Tehran must not cross if it is to avoid military action. Thus far Obama has refused to agree to the Israeli request.
Reuters: China pushes Japan with sea claims, trade threats... State newspapers in China turned up the heat, warning Japan that if China turns using trade as a weapon of retaliation, Japan could see another "lost decade" of economic stagnation.
