81.   It is clear that France cannot do so until it finishes its current controversial series of nuclear tests, due to end by May next year at the latest.

82.   Many critics, while welcoming the trilateral announcement, are still angry that France is insisting on completing its current series of tests.

83.   Northern Ireland Minister Michael Ancram was the first minister to meet with either side in the current series of exploratory talks on Northern Ireland.

84.   Prior to its current series of tests, France had conducted such experiments in great secrecy.

85.   Raja assumed the captaincy for the current series after Akram withdrew with a shoulder injury.

86.   Raju claimed five wickets each in the third Test against Sri Lanka at Ahemedabad in February and the first Test of the current series in Bombay.

87.   South Pacific Forum leaders Monday flatly rejected a French invitation to member countries to send scientists to Mururoa atoll after the current series of nuclear tests end.

88.   Sixteen flood-hit districts in northwestern Bangladesh have been exempted from the current series of stoppages.

89.   That announcement would come after the current series of consultations with some ECOWAS nations, concluded the statement.

90.   The minister reaffirmed that France would begin simulating nuclear tests when the current series was completed.