11.   The inspection agencies say the documents would help them verify the scale and nature of its chemical weapons program.

12.   The Securities Exchange and Surveillance Commission also will be absorbed into the new inspection agency, Nikkei said.

13.   The sources said Healy, who has no experience with elevator or escalator safety, was hired to improve the management of the troubled inspection agency.

14.   Two of those five inspections are now done by outside inspection agencies hired by building owners.

15.   A study by a federal grain inspection agency last year said elevators did not have the technology to offer pinpoint accuracy needed in evaluating barley quality.

16.   But after allegations surfaced of spying, the Security Council created an inspection agency to be more independent of individual governments.

17.   Earlier in the day, the same group made the presentation to the U.N. weapons inspection agency for Iraq, diplomats said.

18.   Iraq has accused some U.S. and British inspectors in the former U.N. inspection agency of spying for the West.

19.   Richard Butler, former chairman of the defunct U.S. weapons inspection agency, says Saddam has not been sitting on his hands.

20.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked Security Council members Thursday to consider three candidates to head the new weapons inspection agency or come up with other names themselves, officials said.