1.   He said the French Defense Ministry broke the news of the test just before its shock waves reached Australian seismological monitors.

2.   He said the French Defense Ministry broke the news of the blast just before its shock waves reached Australian seismological monitors.

3.   An earthquake originating in the Hindukush mountain range in neighbouring Afghanistan shook a wide region in Pakistan on Tuesday, residents and seismological monitors said.

4.   An earthquake jolted parts of northwestern Pakistan early Thursday, seismological monitors here said.