81.   French foreign ministry spokesman Yves Doutriaux said Paris had also written to the Vienna-based IAEA this week asking it to appoint independent experts to monitor the tests.

82.   French foreign ministry spokesman Yves Doutriaux told AFP that President Jacques Chirac telephoned Peres on Thursday night, rounding off the French mediation.

83.   Greenpeace released a French foreign ministry document showing the ship will transit the Tasman Sea and the South Pacific.

84.   He arrived at nightfall at Orly airport on a special flight from Naples, Italy, and was seen being greeted by protocol officers from the French foreign ministry.

85.   He disappeared on Tuesday, according to the French foreign ministry.

86.   He was met by a French foreign ministry representative.

87.   He was due to meet later with Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam before travelling back to Beirut, the French foreign ministry Yves Doutriaux said.

88.   However, the embassy refused all comment on Saturday referring callers to the French foreign ministry in Paris.

89.   However, the French envoy was notable for his absence -- an absence the French foreign ministry had not yet explained.

90.   However, the French foreign ministry said the two ministers would be accompanied by several vulcanologists on the trip.