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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 7 augusT 2018

Hiroshima remembers atomic bombing on 73rd anniversary

By MARI YAMAGUCHI centered nationalism and three days later, leading to
Associated Press modernizing their nuclear Japan's surrender and end-
TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima arsenals, rekindling tensions ing World War II.
marked the anniversary of that had eased with the Matsui said in his speech
the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic end of the Cold War," Mat- that Japan's government
bombing of the city with a sui said, without identifying should do more to achieve
somber ceremony Monday the nations. Nuclear deter- a nuclear-free world by
to remember those killed rence and nuclear umbrel- helping the Treaty on the
and injured and a call to las are "inherently unstable Prohibition of Nuclear
eliminate nuclear weapons and extremely dangerous" Weapons take effect. Ja-
amid hopes of denucleariz- approaches that seek to pan, which hosts U.S. troops
ing North Korea. maintain international or- and is covered by the U.S.
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi der by only generating fear nuclear umbrella protect-
Matsui opened his speech in rival countries, he said, ing it from attack, has not
by describing the hell- A woman burns a stick of incense at the cenotaph dedicated urging world leaders to signed the treaty.
to the victims of atomic bombing at Hiroshima Peace Memorial
ish scene of the blast that Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. negotiate in good faith to Japan should live up to the
morning 73 years ago and Associated Press eliminate nuclear arsenals spirit of its pacifist constitu-
the agony of the victims, instead. tion to lead the interna-
telling the audience to about the global rise of ship toward achieving a The U.S. attack on Hiroshi- tional community "toward
listen "as if you and your egocentrism and tensions, truly nuclear-free world. ma killed 140,000 people, dialogue and cooperation
loved ones were there." and urged Japan's govern- "Certain countries are bla- and the bombing of Naga- for a world without nuclear
Then he raised concerns ment to take more leader- tantly proclaiming self- saki killed more than 70,000 weapons," Matsui said.q

Malaysia: Indonesia returns yacht at center of graft probe

in February in cooperation of former Malaysian Prime he took power in 2009 but
with the U.S. FBI. Minister Najib Razak, had it accumulated billions in
"We believe that this yacht listed the yacht among the debts. The 1MDB scandal
belongs to the Malaysian assets it could seize and sell led to his shocking electoral
government because it to recover stolen funds. defeat in May and Najib is
was bought with Malaysia's Najib set up 1MDB when now facing charges.q
money that was stolen,"
Mahathir said, citing an in-
vestigation by the U.S. Jus-
tice Department.
Finance Minister Lim Guan
Eng said the yacht has set
sail from the Indonesian is-
land of Batam near Singa-
Luxury yacht "Equanimity" is anchored in the waters off Batam pore and is expected to ar-
Island, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. rive in Malaysia's Port Klang
Associated Press on Tuesday.
"At the end of the day, the
Associated Press looting of a state invest- yacht must be sold off" so
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ment fund. that Malaysia can recover
(AP) — Malaysian Prime In a Facebook video, Ma- as much money as possible
Minister Mahathir Moha- hathir thanked Indonesia's from it, Lim said.
mad said Monday that In- government and President The Justice Department,
donesia has handed over Joko Widodo for return- one of several foreign
a luxury yacht allegedly ing the $250 million yacht, agencies investigating
bought with money stolen Equanimity, which was the alleged looting of the
from the multibillion-dollar seized by Indonesia off Bali 1MDB fund by associates