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 N CL A  B MB DETONA  D IN N-  ST CHI   
 China has conduct d an undj ground     
 nuclear test and says it will carry out
 one mot  bjfor  halting its te t       
 programm  in S ptemb  .                
                                        
 Australian seismologists said th       
 blast, at Lap Nor in north-west China, 
 measured 5.7 on the Richte  scale.     
                                        
 It is thought to bj the first such test
 carried out thjti sinc  August 1995.   
                                        
 Japan said it was "deplorable" and the 
 Australian Prime Minister said it was  
 insensitive to world opinion.          
                                        
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