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(CBS/AP) VIENNA – Diplomats say the U.N. atomic agency has new intelligence that Iran has advanced its work on calculating the destructive power of a nuclear warhead, a step toward building such a weapon. The diplomats say the information — from the U.S., Israel and at least one other country — alleges the research was done within the past three years. Iran denies that it has worked on nuclear arms and says allegations to the contrary are based on fabricated intelligence. But the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gives credence to the suspicions and says it cannot disprove them unless Iran starts cooperating with its probe of the allegations. U.S.: Israeli pressure over Iran “not useful”IAEA report: Iran covering work at ParchinIsrael, U.S. play diplomatic chicken over Iran The information comes from six diplomats who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss intelligence. The IAEA has been pressing Iran for access to various sites where nuclear-related work is believed to have been carried out, but those requests have intensified in recent months in relation to one site in particular, the . Suspicion that Parchin was involved in a clandestine nuclear weapons program piqued in March 2012, when satellite imagery showed apparent earth-moving vehicles at Parchin – activity suggesting the Iranians might be trying to clean the site of traces of...

(CBS/AP) KABUL – NATO says three members of the Afghan national security forces have been killed in an attack at Bagram Air Field, a sprawling U.S. base north of Kabul. The coalition said Tuesday it has not yet confirmed whether the three were killed by rockets or mortar rounds that were fired at the base around late Monday night. Gen. Akram Begzad, the police chief in Parwan province where the base is located, said a rocket was fired at the base from an undisclosed location. He says two Afghan intelligence employees were among those killed in the attack. The attack also destroyed a Chinook helicopter belonging to the NATO-led forces. A NATO spokesperson tells CBS News two Western service personnel who were onboard the helicopter were wounded. The extent of their injuries was not given and their nationalities were withheld. U.S. not handing over all Afghan prisonersVideo: Bagram prison handed to Afghan forcesReport: Afghan fuel program lacks accountability Militants occasionally fire mortars or rockets at Bagram, but the attacks generally cause little or no damage. The rocket or mortar attack came just hours after the U.S. military transferred control of the sprawling prison facility at Bagram to Afghan forces. As CBS News correspondent Charlie D’Agata reports, the transfer came with concerns, and some detainees will still be under U.S. watch. Also on Tuesday, Afghan police said a suicide bomber...

For more lighthearted entertainment, rent “Shrek The Third” on DVD or pick up a copy of Duran Duran’s new album. MOVIES In the future, could an ocean by itself power an entire city? In “Southland Tales,” it does – with some rather catastrophic consequences. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Justin Timberlake and Mandy Moore stars in this sprawling epic about a futuristic version of Los Angeles that harnesses the power of the ocean to produce energy. In a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior “Beowulf” battles the demon Grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother. Their epic clash, which stars Ray Winstone in the title role and Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie in the supporting cast, forges the timeless legend of Beowulf. Natalie Portman and Dustin Hoffman star in “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium”, a tale about the most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world – but also the strangest. When Mr. Magorium, the store’s 243-year-old owner, bequeaths ownership to its manager, a dark and ill-omened change begins to take over. PBS’ “Nova” airs its newest two-hour program “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial”on Tuesday at 8 p.m. and revisits the federal case of Kitzmiller vs. Dover School District, which became the first legal test of intelligent design (the idea that life is too complex to have...

(CBS/AP) KABUL – NATO says three members of the Afghan national security forces have been killed in an attack at Bagram Air Field, 구례출장업소 a sprawling U.S. base north of Kabul. The coalition said Tuesday it has not yet confirmed whether the three were killed by rockets or mortar rounds that were fired at the base around late Monday night. Gen. Akram Begzad, the police chief in Parwan province where the base is located, said a rocket was fired at the base from an undisclosed location. He says two Afghan intelligence employees were among those killed in the attack. The attack also destroyed a Chinook helicopter belonging to the NATO-led forces. A NATO spokesperson tells CBS News two Western service personnel who were onboard the helicopter were wounded. The extent of their injuries was not given and their nationalities were withheld. U.S. not handing over all Afghan prisonersVideo: Bagram prison handed to Afghan forcesReport: Afghan fuel program lacks accountability Militants occasionally fire mortars or rockets at Bagram, but the attacks generally cause little or no damage. The rocket or mortar attack came just hours after the U.S. military transferred control of the sprawling prison facility at Bagram to Afghan forces. As CBS News correspondent Charlie D’Agata reports, the transfer came with concerns, and some detainees will still be under U.S. watch. Also on Tuesday, Afghan police said a suicide...