21.   Fire swept through offices at the Malacanang presidential palace compound early Thursday, causing extensive damage.

22.   Four armored vehicles pulled into the palace compound Friday evening then left moments later.

23.   He had been playing golf at the Malacanang golf course across the Pasig River from the palace compound when the fire struck.

24.   He had been playing golf across the Pasig River from the palace compound when the fire struck, and still was wearing his white cap and golf shoes.

25.   He refused to allow his family to mingle with Jordanians and they rarely went outside the palace compound, the informants told The Associated Press.

26.   However, a U.N. official later said the inspection was under way at the Radwaniyah palace compound just outside Baghdad and would last well into the afternoon.

27.   Hours after a Cabinet meeting ended, ministers were unable to the leave the palace compound because protesters blocked all exits.

28.   One source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the team of inspectors and their diplomat escorts returned to the sweeping Radwaniyah palace compound.

29.   She refused to give details or explain if the two locations were both inside the palace compound.

30.   That would make the palace compounds far smaller than what Clinton administration officials have suggested.