1.  Pakistan said the explosions were imperative to ensure its security which had been threatened by the Indian action.

2.  Pakistani officials did not officially react to the Indian action.

3.  If not, why have Australia, New Zealand, Canada and China and Japan reacted in this particular way to the Indian action?

4.  In the light of the overwhelming adoption of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Malaysia is not the only country which has expressed disappointment over the Indian action.

5.  Severer condemnation of the Indian nuclear action was an extension of the same set of offers made to Pakistan.

6.  The Indian action threatened to escalate tensions between nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors India and Pakistan.

7.  The Indian action threatened to escalate tensions between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors.

8.  The mayors of the two Japanese cities that were hit by American atomic bombs at the close of World War II reacted angrily to the Indian actions.

9.  There is also the question whether the Indian action has irreparably damaged the fragile trend of nonproliferation in South Asia.

10.  They also appealed to Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint at the Indian action.