French officials denied claims of a relationship between nuclear weapons tests and health problems among the testers for decades.  Defense Minister Hervé Morin told Le Figaro, Tuesday 23 March, that they will compensate  those suffering from illnesses linked to radiation exposure from the test. French authorities carried out more than 200 nuclear tests between 1960 and 1996 that theoretically affected approximately 150,000 civilian and military personnel, according to Morin. International Herald Tribune

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