1.   However, his impromptu inspections have ended, for now.

2.   Butler urged Iraq to simply come ahead with information about its banned weapons so that the inspections can end.

3.   Charles Duelfer, the head of the arms experts in Baghdad, said the inspections will end Saturday and the team will leave Iraq Sunday.

4.   Diplomats said French Ambassador Alain Dejammet told the council he agreed Iraq had hidden weapons but wanted to know when the inspections would end.

5.   Inspections ended in May, but the treaty has unlimited duration.

6.   Jayantha Dhanapala, the head of the diplomatic corps, said the palace inspections could end in a few days.

7.   The inspections will end before the Lunar New Year holiday in February.

8.   The four-day inspection ends on Thursday.

9.   The Indian diplomat has been acting as a liaison between Annan and Baghdad since the last crisis with Iraq over weapons inspections ended in February.

10.   The inspections ended when Iraq expelled the Americans on the teams, and the other inspectors left in protest.