91. He showed his determination by ignoring world protests over six recent French nuclear blasts in Polynesia, tests aimed at preserving the viability of French warheads. 92. In retaliation for the five nuclear blasts carried out by India, Pakistan has reacted by blasting six nuclear weapons. 93. It is common knowledge that all states with nuclear capacity have had a history of nuclear blasts, aggression, colonialism, high-handedness and hegemonistic ambition. 94. Last month, French President Jacques Chirac announced plans for eight nuclear blasts on a French atoll in the South Pacific between September and May. 95. Military officials in Papeete said two Greenpeace protesters, former British commandos caught on Mururoa Atoll just hours before the nuclear blast, would be expelled from French Polynesia. 96. On Tuesday, France set off the first nuclear blast, reaping a storm of protests from around the world, including from some of its European Union partners. 97. On Tuesday, France set off the first nuclear blast reaping a storm of protests from around the world, including from some of its European Union partners. 98. Radiological weapons are made with nuclear material, combined with conventional explosives, and spread radiation without creating a nuclear blast. 99. Russia, the United States and Britain had joined the moratorium, leaving China the only declared nuclear power to continue experimental nuclear blasts. 100. Tahiti was calm on Friday, but a Polynesian leader in Papeete warned that anti-French anger could explode again if Paris sets off another nuclear blast. |