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                  NUKE-NET  HEADLINE  ALERT  '95
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that an Israeli court will not
decide until September whether convicted nuclear spy Mordechai
Vananu will be released from solitary confinement.
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that Dutch Prime Minister Wim
Kok has written to Chirac expressing disappointment at his
decision to carry out a series of nuclear weapons tests.  He also
condemned the manner in which the Rainbow Warrior II was handled
by the French navy.
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that many European Union
lawmakers jeered and shouted down Jacques Chirac as he addressed
the legislators.  Some legislators waved banners protesting the
decision and the storming of the Rainbow Warrior II.
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that the International Atomic
Energy Agency says Iraq is not secretly developing nuclear
weapons. 
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that France's ambassador to
Bonn said on Tuesday that a row over his country's plans to
resume nuclear tests in the South Pacific could sour relations
between France and its closest ally Germany.
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that French police used force
against Greenpeace protestors who used air raid sirens to disrupt
a summit between France and Germany.  Greenpeace flew the banner
"Stop nuclear testing" from a balloon. 
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that the prime minister of
Malaysia is calling for a total test ban.  He also questioned why
Israel is allowed to possess nuclear capabilities while
neighboring Arab countries are not.
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that the French navy has
strung cables around the main sea channel to prevent protestors
from entering the test area.
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that the Australian Council of
Trade Unions is considering boycotting French goods.  Port
workers are refusing to handle French ships, postal workers are
not delivering to French missions, and airline crews refuse to
serve French goods in flight.
 
     (July 11 ) Reuter is reporting that 85% of New Zealanders
favor stronger action by their government against France.  Sixty-
two percent would like the navy to send a frigate to the test
site and end all relations with France.
 
     (July 11) Reuter is reporting that International Physicians
for the Prevention of Nuclear War is republishing a 42 year old
book on the effects of radiation after the nuclear bombings in
Japan.  The book shows the horrors of nuclear warfare and is
being distributed to scientist and physicians around the world.
 
     (July 11) UPI is reporting that the Rainbow Warrior II is
now 20 miles northwest of the Mururoa Atoll.  The skipper says
the French commandos refused to give the crew food and water and
treated them like thugs.  The Rainbow Warrior plans to stay in
the area to continue protesting and have other plans involving
other protest vessels.
 
     (July 12) UPI is reporting that Iran and Russia are
continuing with plans to build a nuclear plant in Iran.
 
     (July 12) Reuter is reporting that a Cook Island Government
Minister threatened to revoke a residence permit of a reporter
who publicized a letter from 14 Cook Island doctors stating
cancers and leukemia have increased there from the nuclear tests. 
The doctors also noted incidents of fish poisoning from previous
tests.
 
     (July 13) Reuter is reporting that New Zealand and Australia
are discussing sending a "peace flotilla" to the testing site.
 
     (July 13) Reuter is reporting that Italy's foreign minister
says France is jeopardizing progress on the global test ban
treaty.  Italy's president is urging France to stop the tests.
 
     (July 13) Reuter is reporting that Australia is sending a
diplomatic mission to the nuclear powers and Japan to apply
pressure for a test ban treaty.
 
     (July 13) Reuter is reporting that China's self-designed
Qinshan nuclear power plant has been overhauled and has resumed
operations.  China plan to build two 600-megawatt reactors at the
same site.  They are also preparing to construct 1,200 megawatt
reactors for sale on the international market. 
 
     (July 13) UPI is reporting that a US House of
Representatives subcommittee approved a resolution calling on
France to stop the planned nuclear tests.
 
     (July 13) Reuter is reporting that Greek activists protested
in skeleton costumes at the French embassy in Athens.
 
     (July 14) Reuter is reporting that Bastille Day was welcomed
in Australia with an explosion of anti-nuclear protests around
the country by more than 11,000 angry protestors.   At the Gold
Coast, about 2,000 people mainly dressed in black held a
"Bas-tard Day" celebration.  "Napoleon Blownapart" t-shirts were
on sale during the good-humored rally and an old Renault car was
painted with protest messages such as "Don't bomb us."
 
     (July 14) Reuter is reporting that thousands of Tahitians
protested on Bastille Day as the Rainbow Warrior II returned to
the island.  The Rainbow Warrior is planning to sail back to
Mururoa.
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