11.   The companies that have joined the partnership have agreed to allow outside monitors to inspect their factories.

12.   Tico Almeida, a leader of Students Against Sweatshops, said the most significant aspect of the code was its call for independent monitors to inspect factories.

13.   Tufts said having factories inspected every few months might not be enough to ensure fair working conditions.

14.   When company executives visited Qingdao, a city in northeastern China, to inspect factories, word leaked out.

15.   Wilkerson said the university was likely to use professional firms, perhaps accounting firms, to inspect factories.

16.   All Kmart factories are inspected, vendors comply with labor laws, and contracts are canceled if violations exist, Kmart spokeswoman Michelle Jasukaitis said.

17.   At a news conference earlier in the day, el-Bashir repeated an invitation to have a U.N. fact-finding mission inspect the factory.

18.   He added that factories will be inspected regularly to ensure against abuses.

19.   Meanwhile, at the news conference, el-Bashir repeated an invitation to have a U.N. fact-finding mission inspect the factory.

20.   Sudan has called on the United Nations to send a team of experts to inspect the factory.