1.   It is unusual for judges to resign from the bench.

2.   Last month, Musharraf demanded that all higher court judges either resign or swear an oath of loyalty to the military government.

3.   That judge resigned rather than face a trial.

4.   The judges resigned in protest, as did Elizabeth Kray, the center director.

5.   The judge resigned in May.

6.   Three Supreme Court judges have since resigned.

7.   A second senior judge resigned Tuesday after freeing from prison a drunk driver who had killed another motorist.

8.   Attorney General Mohtar Abdullah said the judge resigned after police found copies of the letter, a typewriter and a photocopying machine in his house.

9.   In his speech Sunday, Mugabe also called on four top judges to resign after they protested the alleged torture of two other journalists who were arrested in January.

10.   The head of the court, Valery Tikhinya, resigned Wednesday along with two judges, and another judge has resigned earlier this month.