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WASHINGTON
May 28
1998 - U.S. officials expect Pakistan to conduct
more nuclear tests after the five tests they did today.

MEXICO CITY
May 28
1998 - Mexican legislators accuse the U.S. of
breaking a 1960s agreement between Mexico and the U.S. with their
plans to build the Sierra Blanca nuclear waste dump. The agreement
states both states are not allowed to build toxic waste dumps within
60 miles of their joint border.

ISLAMABAD
May 28
1998 - Pakistan sais it has conducted five nuclear
tests on thursday. The U.S. and Japan have promissed to impose
sanctions as a reaction to the test.

LUXEMBOURG
May 28
1998 - Secretary-General Javier Solana has
declared the NATO condems the Pakistani and Indian nuclear tests. He
urged Pakistan and India to sign the NPT.

NEW DELHI
May 28
1998 - Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee says the
Pakistani nuclear tests justify the Indian policies. His predecessor
Gujral hopes the two countries will talk sensibly
now they both have
a detterence. India's Army Chief General Malik said it was better
that the ambiguity about Pakistan's nuclear capability is now over.
Opposition members of the Indian parliament are furious the BJP
government has pulled India into a nuclear arms race with Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD
May 28
1998 - Pakistan declared the state of emergency
after it conducted five nuclear tests. It appears this is an act to
cope with the expected economic sanctions resulting from the test.

ISLAMABAD
May 28
1998 - [ a short chronology of the Pakistani
nuclear program ]

ISLAMABAD
May 28
1998 - Prime Minister Sharif said Pakistan will
only use it's nuclear weapons in self-defence. He is willing to
resume peace talks with India about Kashmir.

WASHINGTON
May 27
1998 - The U.S. Justice Departement will sue PECO
for more than $67 million because it backed out of an agreement to
buy a 30% share of Cajun Electric Power Cooperative Inc's River Bend
npp.

UNITED NATIONS
May 27
1998 - Pakistan expects a military attack on
its nuclear facilities. India has called the accusations "absurd".

WASHINGTON
May 28
1998 - The CIA and the Pentagon doubt if Pakistan
has conducted five nuclear tests. Seismic and satelite data undermine
this claim. Right after the tests Pakistan claimed to have detonated
two nuclear bombs. A few hours later they claimed they tested five
devices.

MOSCOW
May 28
1998 - Russia's foreign ministry regrets the
Pakistani nuclear tests. A joint NATO-Russian statement expresses
concern about the nuclear arms race in South Asia.

TEL AVIV
May 28
1998 - Former Israeli Prime Minister Peres says the
Pakistani and Indian nuclear tests show that disputes have to be
settled before it is too late. A member of the Foreign Affairs and
Defense Committee
Orr
fears the Indian and Pakistani test will put
international pressure on Israel to declare itself a nuclear state.

WASHINGTON
May 28
1998 - The Pentagon is afraid the Pakistani and
Indian nuclear tests have increased the risk of a "preventive war"

because both countries are unable to retaliate a "first strike".

NEW DELHI
May 28
1998 - India's prime minister says the Pakistani
nuclear tests "vindicate" India's nuclear tests from May 11 & 13.


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