41.   Butler announced Monday that weapons inspectors would begin a series of surprise inspections in a final test of whether Baghdad is cooperating fully in the search for banned weapons.

42.   Butler said the surprise inspections will finish late this week or early next week.

43.   California inspectors have launched surprise inspections of power plants that have closed for repairs to see whether the shutdowns were deliberate attempts to drive up costs.

44.   Catre said a surprise police inspection a week earlier uncovered a tunnel dug by the inmates that was immediately destroyed.

45.   Dozens of Toyota vans that arms experts would speed off in to make surprise inspections are gathering dust at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad.

46.   FDA inspectors returned for a surprise inspection this week when one passenger complained of food poisoning after reports of the June inspections were published.

47.   He also accused Butler of bowing to U.S. pressure by halting surprise inspections of sites.

48.   He insisted that in the agreement with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that ended a crisis in February, Iraq agreed to allow surprise inspections.

49.   He said the surprise inspections will finish late this week or early next week.

50.   In the past, UNSCOM surprise inspections have frequently caused tension between Iraq and the United Nations.