31.   Still, U.N. arms experts tried to maintain secrecy about which of the palace compounds was being visited Thursday.

32.   The agreement averted the threat of military strikes by the United States and Britain to force Iraq to open the palace compounds.

33.   The Americans and British had threatened military strikes to force Iraq to open the palace compounds but relented after the Annan deal was signed.

34.   The blaze knocked down communication lines to the presidential palace compound and most of the other offices there could not be reached by telephone hours later.

35.   The first U.N. inspections of Iraqi presidential palace compounds will be finished this weekend, the head of the weapons teams said Tuesday.

36.   The inspections are aimed at searching the palace compounds for information related to chemical, biological and nuclear weapons as well as long-range missiles.

37.   The inspectors said they found nothing incriminating at the palace compounds.

38.   The inspectors and diplomats since last Thursday have visited six of the eight designated palace compounds.

39.   The palace compound comprises at least a dozen villas, five artificial lakes and streets lined with palm trees.

40.   The President led the graduation of the Indonesian military academy at the palace compound.