41.   Pakistan was hit with punishing economic sanctions last year when it conducted underground nuclear tests in response to tests conducted by India.

42.   Protesters marched, burned French flags and chained themselves to French embassies worldwide Wednesday as anger flared over the underground test blast ordered by Chirac a day earlier.

43.   Pokharan is the site in the western desert of Rajasthan where India conducted a series of underground nuclear tests.

44.   A French newspaper published two photographs Wednesday it claimed showed large cracks in the South Pacific atoll where France is conducting underground nuclear tests.

45.   A French newspaper published two photographs Wednesday claiming to show large cracks in the South Pacific atoll where France is conducting underground nuclear tests.

46.   A Paris newspaper reported Tuesday that a French army map shows the underground test site at nearby Mururoa Atoll is full of cracks.

47.   A measure of suspense settled over the crowd ahead of the second in a series of up to eight underground nuclear tests announced by President Jacques Chirac in June.

48.   A similar presumption would be extended to workers exposed to radiation during underground nuclear tests at Amchitka Island, Alaska.

49.   A New York Times story, quoting American officials, reported Thursday that Pakistan is preparing for an underground nuclear test that could take place as early as Sunday.

50.   A union leader suspected to have helped instigate riots last week after France resumed underground nuclear tests has been charged and jailed, judicial sources said Monday.