11.   After setting off three underground nuclear blasts,

12.   As France prepares to set off an underground nuclear blast in the South Pacific, French officials lash back at foreign legislators joining the international protest against the tests.

13.   But they found no evidence that underground nuclear blasts could reactivate the volcano under the atoll, one fear that has been raised.

14.   Chirac has also been widely criticized for breaking a three-year moratorium on nuclear testing by resuming underground blasts in the South Pacific.

15.   Chirac has been widely criticized for breaking a three-year moratorium on nuclear testing by resuming underground blasts in the South Pacific.

16.   China detonated an underground nuclear blast on Saturday at its Lop Nor test range in the northwestern province of Xinjiang.

17.   Deeply angered that France went ahead with a second underground nuclear blast, the South Pacific Forum suspended all relations with France on Monday.

18.   Despite international opposition, France on Monday detonated its second underground nuclear blast in less than a month at sites in the South Pacific.

19.   Emboldened by lukewarm reaction to its second nuclear test in the South Pacific, France said Monday it would press ahead with more underground blasts.

20.   France detonated its second nuclear test in less than a month, an underground blast more than five times stronger than the first, the Defense Ministry said Monday.