1.   Baja California law forbids land invasions, yet other provisions in the law allow squatters to legalize their holds after five years.

2.   He is the ninth white farmer killed since Mr Mugabe launched the land invasions nearly two years ago.

3.   Military planners are warning against a land invasion, saying that large numbers of troops might be killed.

4.   Established a bridgehead on the beach before beginning the land invasion.

5.   Acknowledging that, some American politicians, including House Speaker Newt Gingrich and right-wing commentators, are urging a land invasion.

6.   But local authorities around the country have criticized that step as simply an encouragement to additional land invasions.

7.   Even in the Persian Gulf War, the allied land invasion of Kuwait and Iraq was preceded by more than a month of intense aerial bombardment.

8.   Greece and Hungary have ruled out staging a land invasion from their soil.

9.   Italy and Germany have been far less keen, with both countries insisting that there could be no land invasion under any circumstances.

10.   Since Hugo Chavez was elected president of Venezuela in December, similar land invasions have been taking place all over this country.