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FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009 file photo, Israel's deputy prime minister and minister of strategic affairs Moshe Ya'alon attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Ya'alon said Wednesday Dec. 29, 2010, that technical difficulties have pushed back the Iranian timetable for producing a nuclear weapon. Yaalon, a former military chief whose portfolio includes monitoring Iran, said he believes Iran is at least three years away from developing a nuclear bomb.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander, File)