21.   But a summit planned Saturday on the issue by Arab leaders was postponed after Israel backed off from the land seizure.

22.   But his opponents and human rights groups say he is sanctioning violent land seizures in a bid to gain support ahead of elections.

23.   But his opponents and human rights groups say he is sanctioning violent land seizures to gain political support.

24.   But his opponents and human rights groups say he is sanctioning violent land seizures to gain support.

25.   But even Zimbabwean officials acknowledge the land seizures made things worse.

26.   But Mugabe and his colleagues in the Zimbabwe African National Union politburo promised to push ahead with the land seizures, party spokesman Nathan Shamuyarira said late Wednesday.

27.   Canada has said it believes Zimbabwe had done little to honor its side of the deal and described current land seizures as unconstitutional.

28.   Critics see rapid land seizure as an attempt to woo support by Mugabe, whose government is besieged by protests over high taxes and soaring prices.

29.   EU officials said the land seizures, as planned, would breach those terms.

30.   Government opponents accuse President Robert Mugabe of using land seizures, without compensating the farmers, as a pre-election ploy to garner support and scare off opponents.