21.   The United States has promised to buy the uranium from Russian nuclear weapons and convert it to civilian use.

22.   They say that Salim, while running front companies for al-Qaida that purchased weaponry, once tried to buy uranium to build a nuclear bomb.

23.   France could stop buying uranium from Australia if that country promotes boycotts of French products, French President Jacques Chirac said here Sunday.

24.   Chirac also warned Australia that France could stop buying Australian uranium.

25.   Other states which have bought uranium from Kazakhstan are members of the European Union, Iazikov said without naming the countries or the value of the transactions.

26.   The French president in particular warned Australia that Paris could stop buying uranium from Canberra if Australia promoted a boycott of French products over the nuclear tests.