21.   French President Jacques Chirac resumed nuclear tests in the South Pacific last month despite international condemnation.

22.   French President Jacques Chirac triggered widespread public anger in Australia and New Zealand Tuesday when he announced plans to resume nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll.

23.   Former dictator Augusto Pinochet says the French government has the right to resume nuclear tests at the Mururoa atoll in the south Pacific.

24.   Friday, officials had denied that India was preparing to immediately resume tests of Agni.

25.   France has been roundly condemned by governments and environmental groups worldwide for resuming nuclear tests, but the United States and Britain have not joined in the protest.

26.   France resumed nuclear tests at its South Pacific sites in September, after a three-year moratorium.

27.   French navy commandos firing tear gas stormed a Greenpeace ship to thwart any attempt to land protesters on a South Pacific atoll where France plans to resume nuclear tests.

28.   Greenpeace said Thursday it filed a legal challenge in a bid to stop the French government from resuming nuclear tests in the South Pacific.

29.   He did not say whether China would resume tests for its own nuclear arsenal.

30.   He handed a letter to a flight attendant protesting French plans to resume nuclear tests and accusing the Spanish government of complicity with the French.