1.   Carter was board the New Zealand navy oceanographic ship Tui, which is providing support for the protest fleet in case of emergencies.

2.   Japanese Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura confirmed Monday he planned to be part of the protest fleet, organizers announced in Sydney, Australia.

3.   On Wednesday, the protest fleet at Mururoa gave the French navy a formal complaint over harassment.

4.   The environmental group Greenpeace, with three vessels in the protest fleet including the Rainbow Warrior II, has declined to say if it also will monitor the blasts.

5.   Vice-Admiral Philippe Euverte, superior commander of armed forces in French Polynesia, told a press conference the tests would proceed despite the lingering presence of the protest fleet.

6.   Groups in Taiwan and Hong Kong are now stepping up plans to send protest fleets to the Diaoyu-Senkaku despite official disapproval.

7.   In Wellington, Prime Minister Jim Bolger announced New Zealand may send a navy vessel to Mururoa with a planned international protest fleet of yachts.

8.   A force of Japanese patrol vessels and helicopters stopped a previous Taiwanese protest fleet and a Hong Kong freighter.

9.   Brothers to the Rescue will be joined by Pilotos Democracia -- part of Movimiento Democracia -- a group that sails protest fleets to the edge of Cuban waters.

10.   The unarmed research ship Tui off Mururoa is monitoring the safety of the New Zealand protest fleet at Mururoa.