21.   The resulting six-month inquiry was led by Eric Holder Jr., then a U.S. attorney and now deputy attorney general.

22.   The space agency said that former astronaut Rick Hieb, now an aerospace executive, will lead its inquiry into the problems surrounding the Spartan mission.

23.   The US Air Force appointed Brig. Gen. Charles Coolidge to lead an inquiry into the crash.

24.   U.S. Rep. Porter Goss may lead a inquiry into reports that sensitive information was leaked to the Israeli government.

25.   Preeya Kasemsant Na Ayudhya had chaired the agency committte that led the inquiry on Thaksin.

26.   A French anti-terrorism judge went to the United States earlier this month to lead the inquiry, the sources said.

27.   Annan asked Joseph Conner, the undersecretary-general for management, to lead the inquiry.

28.   Barak adamantly rejects formation of an international panel, saying Israel trusts only the United States to lead an inquiry.

29.   Connerotte had been praised as a national hero after rescuing two kidnap victims while leading the inquiry of Dutroux.

30.   ICRC spokesman Vincent Lusser told The Associated Press that no one formally had asked the organization to lead an inquiry.