21.   The U.N. has said the sanctions will be lifted only after U.N. weapons inspectors certify Iraq has scrapped its weapons of mass destruction.

22.   The Ulster Unionists, the major Protestant party, have refused to continue sharing power with Sinn Fein unless the IRA starts to scrap weapons.

23.   Trimble has twice agreed to form an administration that includes the IRA-linked Sinn Fein party in the false hope that weapons would be scrapped in response.

24.   Trimble returned to power after the IRA began scrapping weapons, a long-awaited part of the peace accord.

25.   When the IRA sought to end the crisis by scrapping some weapons in October, Trimble sought re-election.

26.   Whether Trimble can keep his many Protestant critics at bay may now depend on whether the outlawed IRA continues to scrap weapons.

27.   Whether Trimble can keep his Protestant critics at bay may now depend on whether the outlawed IRA continues to scrap weapons.

28.   India is refusing to sign up unless the five nuclear powers -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- agree to scrap their weapons.

29.   But Albania is prepared to scrap the weapons, if no buyer can be found, said army chief of staff General Pellum Qazimi.

30.   UN sanctions have also deprived the army of spare parts, and UN disarmament teams have forced it to scrap its weapons of mass destruction.