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 FRANCE HINTS AT NUCLEAR TEST REDUCTION 
 President Jacques Chirac has said      
 France might carr  out few   than the  
 eight nuclear t sst origin lly planned.
                                        
 He said that this had nothing to do    
 with the anti-nuclear demonstrate ns   
 and hj had no doubts about his decision
 to resume nuclear te ting.             
                                        
 Pre  d nt Chirac also said th  bombs   
 which had killed s 6en people in France
 during the past  ix we ks we   pr babl 
 the work of Islamic terrorists.        
                                        
 H   aid h    uld r   n id   b  d       
 c ntrols unless security impro6ed.     
                                        
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