11.   With stinging words, Chirac warned that France was ready to retaliate should Australia launch an economic boycott to protest the resumption of nuclear testing.

12.   Godfrain denied the aid offer was designed to placate Pacific nations, which strongly protested the resumption of nuclear tests at the Mururoa atoll.

13.   Greenpeace said the two were not members of the organization but were part of the peace flotilla protesting the resumption of nuclear tests and were making a documentary.

14.   He has already sent a letter to French President Jacques Chirac to protest the resumption of tests in the South Pacific.

15.   In Warsaw on Wednesday, Chilean Foreign Minister Jose Insulza said Santiago was also opposed to the testing and had formally protested the resumption, announced last month.

16.   Dewanoumi told the Kyodo news agency that he had initially thought about declining the invitation to protest the resumption of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific.

17.   Dozens of Israeli pro-peace activists demonstrated outside the meeting of the Israeli cabinet Friday to protest the resumption of the settlement programme in the Palestinian territories.

18.   Dozens of Israeli pro-peace activitists demonstrated outside the meeting of the Israeli cabinet Friday to protest the resumption of the settlement programme in the Palestinian territories.

19.   Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Saturday to protest the resumption of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific.

20.   Three environmental organisations in Italy called on Wednesday for a boycott of products made by French state firms to protest the resumption of French nuclear testing in the Pacific.