Subject: nuke headlines 6-9 Oct. 1995

     8 Oct. 1995 (Reuter) - Several thousand Spaniards marched
through the streets of Madrid in protest at French nuclear
tests. Chirac is visiting Madrid on monday. The demonstration
was organized to pressure Prime Minister Gonzalez into using
Spain's weight as acting European Union (EU) president to
persuade Chirac to stop the tests.


     8 Oct. 1995 (Reuter) - The Dutch parliament has found
itself in a pickle after its restaurant replaced the usual
French red wine. The decision, at the request of just one
member of parliament, has fallen foul of the chamber's
procedural committee, which will review the matter on
Wednesday.  


     7 Oct 1995 (Reuter) - Canada has agreed in principle to
help Russia with a feasibility study for a new nuclear power
station, Interfax news agency was saying on Saturday. The
study for the plant in Russia's Far eastern Primorye region
could cost $2-3 million.


     6 Oct (Reuter) - German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel,
reacting to a French offer to extend its nuclear umbrella to
Germany, said he saw nothing new in the idea and that Bonn did
not want nuclear arms. Kinkel also said that German opposition
to nuclear testing would not affect the Franco-German
partnership at the heart of the EU.


     9 Oct 1995 (Reuter) - Russian Prime Minister Viktor
Chernomyrdin on Monday again said that Russia would never
supply Iran with the technology to build nuclear weapons.
Washington has bitterly opposed any nuclear deals with Iran


     9 Oct 1195 (Reuter) - New Zealand won a new chance to
embarrass France over its nuclear tests. A motion calling for
a comprehensive ban on nuclear testing and a halt to "all
present nuclear tests" will be debated on Wednesday at the
Inter-Parliamentary Union before more than 500 politicians
from 135 countries in Bucharest, Romania.


     9 Oct 1995 (Reuter) - France said that its recent test
had not raised radiation levels at the Fangataufa atoll.
French European Affairs Minister Barnier wrote this to EU
Environment Commissioner Bjerregaard. She has complained that
France prevented EU experts from visiting Fangataufa and
refused to turn over data on radioactivity in the water and
marine life around the Mururoa atoll.