21.   But Richard Butler, the chief weapons inspector, said Friday that inspections would resume Monday, despite an Iraqi warning that teams with Americans would be turned away.

22.   Butler announced Friday that the inspections would resume Monday.

23.   Council member Canada has proposed a more direct link, authorizing production sharing agreements and foreign investment once weapons inspections resume.

24.   Despite mounting military threats, Iraq showed no sign of letting U.N. arms inspections resume.

25.   Hasan said Iraq would welcome such an initiative, although he would not say whether it would prompt Iraq to allow inspections to resume.

26.   Inspections resumed the next day, and there have been no major confrontations since.

27.   Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein wants a timetable for lifting U.N. sanctions before he will let U.N. weapons inspections resume, a visiting Russian legislator said Tuesday.

28.   Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein wants a timetable for the lifting of U.N. sanctions before he will let U.N. weapons inspections resume, a visiting Russian legislator said Tuesday.

29.   Iraq relented earlier this week and the inspections resumed Wednesday.

30.   The chief inspector, Richard Butler of Australia, announced Friday that the inspections would resume Monday.