11.   Chirac blasted Australia for not aiding poor Pacific countries and asked why Australia was selling uranium to France if it was so against the tests.

12.   Japan plans to strengthen security relations with Asian and Pacific countries, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Monday.

13.   Millions of tons of copra are shipped every year to Europe and the United States from the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and other Pacific countries.

14.   Naval officers from western Pacific countries will meet to discuss cooperation and ways of settling conflicts in the region, the official Antara news agency reported Friday.

15.   The European Union has a preferential agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries that are former European colonies.

16.   Tuinabua said all Pacific countries now rated tourism as their most important or potentially most important foreign exchange earner.

17.   While the major powers talk of nuclear disarmament and keeping the peace, the Marshall Islands worries that global warming could leave the Pacific country underwater.

18.   Without naming candidates, Japan said Thursday it would like to see more Asian and Pacific countries join future Asia-Europe summit meetings.

19.   Four Pacific countries are boycotting the event.

20.   France last month ended a series of nuclear tests which outraged Pacific countries and many of its western allies.