1.   American and Indian officials held a round of talks Monday to ease the standoff that developed after India conducted underground nuclear tests in May.

2.   Arms experts view both the Pakistani and Indian decisions to stage underground nuclear tests as driven by a combination of nationalist pride and deep suspicion of neighborly intent.

3.   At the same time, Fernandes said, the United States was leading efforts to punish India with economic sanctions for its underground nuclear tests last month.

4.   A main goal is studying the physics behind hydrogen bombs and how they can be analyzed and repaired without full-scale, explosive underground tests.

5.   Acros moved into an Civil War-era industrial complex on the shores of the Merrimac River in Manchester, N.H., and built an underground test track.

6.   China also ended its own underground tests and signed at about the same time.

7.   China thus far has not responded to the offer and is believed to be planning more underground tests.

8.   Clinton, as required under the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, has imposed broad sanctions against India and Pakistan because those countries conducted underground nuclear tests last month.

9.   France and China have recently conducted underground nuclear tests.

10.   Forbes said his main objection was that he believes there should be underground nuclear tests on a periodic basis.