21.   The United States suspects Pakistan of having a secret nuclear weapons program and believes ring magnets sold by China could be used to develop it.

22.   US intelligence officials believe Beijing last year sold ring magnets to Pakistan that could be used in making nuclear weapons.

23.   US officials are considering intelligence reports that China last year shipped thousands of ring magnets to Islamabad for use in gas centrifuges, which enrich uranium for military purposes.

24.   Washington is weighing sanctions on China over the alleged sale of the ring magnets with Pakistan, which is already under US sanctions for its nuclear program.

25.   Newspaper reports here this week quoted US intelligence as saying that China sold ring magnets, used in gas centrifuges that enrich uranium for weapons, to Pakistan.

26.   Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Friday vehmently denounced claims that China transferred ring magnets used in enriching uranium to her country.

27.   Pressler has urged the administration to sanction China and Pakistan for the alleged transfer of ring magnets used in gas centrifuges to produce enriched uranium for weapons.

28.   Ring magnets are used in gas centrifuges but can be harnessed to enrich uranium in order to make it weapons-grade quality.

29.   Ring magnets are used in gas centrifuges to enrich uranium that could be used to make a nuclear bomb.

30.   Ring magnets can be used to enrich uranium, the main bomb-baking equipment.