91.   France has previously indicated that the blast might be its last.

92.   French military officials have said the blasts are necessary to test new warheads and to verify simulation that in the future will make test blasts unnecessary.

93.   French military officials say eight underground blasts are necessary to verify computer blast simulation programs that will eliminate the need for future tests.

94.   France has asserted the underground blasts are safe and pledged to end all testing when the current series of up to eight blasts is finished next year.

95.   German Interior Minister Otto Schily said the blast was a terrorist attack and that an arrest had been made.

96.   French military officials say eight underground blasts are necessary to verify computer simulation programs that will eliminate the need for future tests.

97.   Germany has also raised the possibility the blast was an al-Qaida terror attack.

98.   German Interior Minister Otto Schily said Monday that the blast was a terrorist attack and that an arrest had been made.

99.   He did not say how investigators concluded the blast was the work of a bomb.

100.   His third-inning blast was his ninth homer of the season.