Subject: Headlines 5 October 1995

     5 Oct 1995 (Reuter) - All 120 legislators of Peru's
Congress voted unanimously on Thursday to condemn French
nuclear testing.


     5 Oct 1995 (Reuter) - France voiced grave concern over
the restarting of Bulgaria's oldest nuclear reactor at
Kozloduy. "French and German experts believe that a serious
accident linked to the rupture of the plant's vessel cannot be
ruled out," the French Institute for Nuclear Protection and
Safety (IPSN) said in a statement. The G7 have urged new
checks to be made on the metal of its pressure vessel.


     5 Oct 1995 (Reuter) - France invited EU Environment
Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard to visit its nuclear testing
facilities, after she accused Paris of withholding information
from EU inspectors. The French spokesman did not say whether
Bjerregaard would be allowed to visit sites that France had
put off-limits last month to visiting European Commission
inspectors.


     5 Oct 1995 (Reuter) - The Philippines accused France of
insensitivity to the welfare of countries in the Pacific by
detonating its second nuclear device. President Ramos on
Wednesday rejected calls by militant groups for a boycott of
French products and severance of ties with France, saying such
actions would only hurt the Philippines.


     5 Oct 1995 (Reuter) - Britain's Labour party called on
President Jacques Chirac to swallow his pride and halt French
nuclear testing. The opposition party's foreign affairs
spokesman, Robin Cook, told its annual conference that France
had no right to ignore the wave of protests the tests had
touched off in the region.


     5 Oct 1995 (Reuter) - Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi
Murayama is likely to meet French President Chirac in New York
later this month (possible October 22) to protest against
Paris' decision to resume nuclear testing, a Japanese daily
reported.