21.   Soldiers guarded the compound Friday, refusing access, as law enforcement investigators went through the houses and the yards.

22.   The administration initially said the United States would take action unilaterally if necessary, should Iraq refuse access to the United Nations Special Commission, or UNSCOM, inspectors.

23.   The Egyptian leader has never said publicly whether he would support U.S. military action against Iraq if Saddam continues to refuse access to United Nations weapons inspectors.

24.   The Humane Society is refusing him access to his animals while an investigation is under way.

25.   The Iraqi authorities touched off a crisis with the U.N. two weeks ago when they refused access to Republican Guards facilities in Baghdad on grounds of national security.

26.   The North continues to refuse access to two key nuclear sites.

27.   The Taliban had previously refused access to the aid workers, saying such visits might hinder their investigation into a larger conspiracy of evangelism.

28.   Unlike Bayer, Aventis said that no patient would be refused access to the program and that it would continue to distribute its drugs to hospitals and clinics.

29.   US monitors had been refused access to four biological laboratories run by the Defense Ministry, Lugar said.

30.   When Russian border guards refused the foreigners access to the boat, the Global Mariner crew hopped a fence to check on their comrades.