51.   The latest test blast followed five nuclear tests that Pakistan conducted on Thursday.

52.   The Justice Department runs a program that gives one-time payments to former uranium miners and people who lived downwind of nuclear test blasts.

53.   The latest test blast occurred as negotiators returned to Geneva for a final push to approve a global ban on testing nuclear weapons.

54.   The move was another setback for anti-nuclear groups seeking to force France to halt its underground test blasts that resumed in the South Pacific this month.

55.   The New York Times, quoting unidentified U.S. officials, also reported last month that India is preparing for its second nuclear test blast.

56.   The region is crisscrossed by territorial disputes, and many Asians are still angry at France for a series of six nuclear test blasts in the South Pacific.

57.   The ruling be a blow to thousands of former military and civilian workers who allege they were exposed to radiation during the British tests blasts in the Pacific.

58.   The treaty would ban nuclear test blasts, making it more difficult for countries to upgrade their arsenals.

59.   The treaty would outlaw nuclear test blasts, making it more difficult for countries to upgrade their arsenals.

60.   The trial put Greenpeace on the defensive as it sought to force France to halt its underground test blasts that resumed in the South Pacific this month.