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WORLD NEWS Saturday 17 February 2018

UN chief: Beware nuclear North Korea, back global unity

"I believe the United States include National Security lies are now within the
is ready to do so," he said. Adviser H.R. McMaster and range of North Korean
"It's absolutely essential CIA head Mike Pompeo. missiles" means that all na-
to keep the pressure over Other participants include tions need to continue with
North Korea and to con- British Prime Minister The- economic sanctions and
vince North Korea that it is resa May, Israeli Prime Min- diplomatic measures to
absolutely vital for them to ister Benjamin Netanyahu, "put maximum pressure" for
come to the table." Iraqi Prime Minister Haider North Korea to abandon its
The comments came on al-Abadi, Ukrainian Presi- nuclear program.
the first day of the confer- dent Petro Poroshenko and "NATO's goal is a world
ence, which runs through the foreign ministers of Rus- without nuclear weapons,
Sunday. Those attending in sia, Iran and Turkey. but as long as they exist,
the American delegation NATO Secretary General NATO will remain a nuclear
headed by U.S. Secretary Jens Stoltenberg told the alliance," Stoltenberg said.
Police guard in front of hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germa- of Defense James Mattis group the fact that "all al- q
ny, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 where the Munich Security Conference
will take place from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, 2018.
(Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

By DAVID RISING the world faces the threat
Associated Press of a nuclear conflict for the
MUNICH (AP) — U.N. Sec- first time since the end of
retary-General Antonio the Cold War because of
Guterres urged policymak- events surrounding North
ers on Friday "not to miss the Korea's nuclear ambitions,
opportunity of a peaceful and stressed the need for
resolution" to the standoff global pressure for a diplo-
over North Korea's nuclear matic solution.
program, saying a military He said it's necessary to en-
solution would have "cata- sure that the U.S. and North
strophic consequences." Korea can "come together
Guterres told the Munich and have a meaningful dis-
Security Conference that cussion."

Israeli attorney general lauds

police probe into Netanyahu

By TIA GOLDENBERG bribery and breach of trust
Associated Press charges in both cases.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's The recommendations now
attorney general on Thurs- go to Mandelblit, who will
day praised a police in- review the material before
vestigation into the prime deciding whether to file
minister over corruption al- charges.
legations, saying it was con- "The investigations were
ducted "thoroughly" and carried out by the book,
"by the book" even as the exactly as is expected by
Israeli leader has shrugged law enforcement authori-
off its conclusions. ties to deal with cases like
In a speech at Tel Aviv Uni- these: professionally, thor-
versity, Avihai Mandelblit oughly, creatively and with
lauded the more-than- sophistication, with the aim
yearlong probe into a pair to get to the truth," he said.
of corruption scandals that In the second case, Netan-
have engulfed Prime Min- yahu is accused of offering
ister Benjamin Netanya- to give preferential treat-
hu, culminating this week ment to a newspaper pub-
when police recommend- lisher in exchange for favor-
ed that he be indicted on able coverage.q