Subject: headlines

                  NUKE-NET  HEADLINE  ALERT  '95
 
     (Aug. 19) Reuter is reporting that the deputy director of
the International Atomic Energy Agency says there is no
possibility that Iraq is hiding a covert nuclear weapons programs
presently.   
 
     (Aug. 20) Reuter is reporting that French paramilitary
police dispersed 10 protestors near the presidential retreat on
the French Riviera where President Jacques Chirac is on holiday.
They had planned to unfurl a banner and hand out leaflets.
 
     (Aug. 20) Reuter is reporting that two Greenpeace activists
had to be rescued from Mount Blanc, Europe's highest mountain,
after French police seized their camping gear and a banner they
had unfurled.  Rescue workers said the pair were cold and
exhausted but safe and sound after their rescue, despite spending
the night in the open.
 
     (Aug. 20) Reuter is reporting that Senegal is refusing to
allow a vessel carrying anti-nuclear protestors from docking at
Dakar, a port in western Africa.
 
     (Aug. 20) Reuter is reporting that Russian assistance to
build a nuclear plant in Iran will begin in three months.
 
     (Aug. 21) Reuter is reporting that the head of the Paris
based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization is urging a worldwide moratorium on all atomic
tests.  "By diverting military investment to education, the world
can reap much larger rewards for all humankind, benefits such as
moderate population growth, poverty alleviation and others," said
Federico Mayor.
 
     (Aug. 21) Reuter is reporting that South Africa will
cooperate with Iran in peaceful nuclear technology but will not
help develop nuclear arms.  South Africa's department of energy
had concluded a nuclear technology deal with Iran.
 
     (Aug. 21) Reuter is reporting that the Green Warriors, a
Norwegian anti-nuclear group detonated a small explosive charge
inside a French-made automobile.  The car was parked near the
French Embassy in Oslo.  The blast was caused by 3/4 ounce of gun
powder and set the car seats on fire.
 
     (Aug. 21) Reuter is reporting that 169 of 626 deputies of
the European Parliament have signed a declaration for an official
inquiry into whether or not France is taking adequate precautions
to protect the population of French Polynesia from radiation.     
 
     (Aug. 21) Reuter is reporting that a protest flotilla of
more than 20 boats is converging on the Mururoa Atoll. 
Greenpeace has also chartered a US vessel, the Manutea, from San
Francisco to join the Rainbow Warrior, MV Greenpeace and the
yacht Vega, off Mururoa.  Greenpeace is again prepared to enter
Mururoa's exclusion zone in an attempt to stop the tests.
 
     (Aug. 21) Reuter is reporting that Australia and New Zealand
have each given a strong rebuke to their respective Chinese
ambassadors.
 
     (Aug. 21) Reuter is reporting that the Polynesian ceremonial
canoe which turned back due to rough seas is making a second
attempt to sail to the French nuclear test site at Mururoa Atoll.
 
     (Aug. 22) Reuter is reporting that an advertisement shown in
British theaters is urging consumers to boycott French wines and
other French goods.  The London-based Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament said the 30-second advertisement was organized by the
British Nuclear Test Ban Coalition.
     The ad shows a sniper who is pointing towards President
Chirac, who is making a speech, and the voice-over is saying, "We
must find a way to stop the French testing."  The sniper  points
to Chirac's head, his groin, his heart...but then he shoots at a
wine bottle, which is in front of Chirac.
 
     (Aug. 22) Reuter is reporting that the South Africa
department of foreign affairs says China's further development of
nuclear weapons could slow down the pace of nuclear disarmament
and poses a threat to world peace.
 
     (Aug. 22) Reuter is reporting that France will restart the
fault-plagued Superphenix reactor and operate it at 30% of its
capacity.
 
     (Aug. 22) Reuter is reporting that Japan will start testing
its fast breeder Monju reactor next week.  The Federation of
Electric Power Companies, a group representing Japan's nine
largest utilities, last month asked the government to withdraw
its support from the advanced thermal reactor program because of
the high costs involved.  The government's Atomic Agency
Commission is expected to comply with the utilities' request and
shift its focus to less expensive light-water reactors.
 
     (Aug. 22) Reuter is reporting that Greenpeace says it vessel
the Vega has reached the edge of the 12-mile exclusion zone at
Mururoa.
 
     (Aug. 22) Reuter is reporting that the Australian
Environment Minister delivered a demand from South Pacific
nations to the French Ambassador that France should accept
environmental responsibility for its nuclear tests.  He said,
"Despite the fact that very little data has been released by the
French government, there is a sound scientific basis for