1.   It also helps wheat farmers by exempting them from sanctions on India and Pakistan for exploding nuclear devices and protects subsidies for sugar processors and peanut farmers.

2.   The United States tried to head off the sale even before India stunned the world by exploding nuclear devices in May.

3.   Pakistan exploded six nuclear devices in late May, a fortnight after India sparked a regional arms race by exploding five nuclear devices.

4.   He said there were no guarantees that the Fund would restart loans stalled after sanctions were imposed to punish Pakistan for exploding six nuclear devices in May.

5.   In the case of India military decisions such as the present one of exploding nuclear devices is mainly in the hands of its political leadership.

6.   It was set ablaze with an exploding incendiary device.

7.   It quoted police as saying they could not immediately establish what caused the blast because the exploding device apparently left no trace of shrapnel.