11.   Police will appeal a High Court order for them to evict the squatters, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported Saturday.

12.   Ranchers throughout the state have become increasingly frustrated and have lately threatened to violently evict the squatters.

13.   But his government on Friday appealed for an end to the stalemate, a day after the High Court ordered police to evict the squatters.

14.   Chiapas Gov. Julio Cesar Ruiz Ferro said authorities were prepared to evict squatters throughout Chiapas.

15.   Critics say the government is indiscriminately evicting squatters in preparation for the APEC forum.

16.   Dalton had frequently asked local authorities to remove the squatters from his land, but Costa Rican law permits lengthy legal proceedings before squatters can be evicted.

17.   Epsom Council immediately sought permission to evict the squatters.

18.   Mugabe on Thursday broke prolonged silence on the standoff, saying force would not be used to evict the squatters.

19.   The appeal followed a High Court ruling that police must evict the squatters.

20.   The city filed a complaint with the local court last Thursday to seek permission to evict the squatters.