11.   The police action followed warnings from government officials that South Africa would not allow the kind of illegal land seizures that have swept neighboring Zimbabwe.

12.   The official said King Hassan had sent a letter criticizing the land seizure to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel, with whom he has friendly relations.

13.   The unusual publicity followed protests against land seizures and the suppression of Protestant observances.

14.   Young said he did not doubt reports of violence associated with the land seizures, and he acknowledged that the situation is volatile.

15.   Yet at the very time Egypt has been trying to organize a campaign against Israel, Arafat has been playing down the land seizure.

16.   Opposition officials accuse Mugabe of using land seizures without compensation to the farmers as a pre-election ploy to garner support and scare off opponents.

17.   Opposition officials accuse the government of using land seizures to garner support and intimidate opponents ahead of presidential elections scheduled for next year.

18.   A National Land Acquisition Committee was appointed by Mugabe to speed up land seizures and would be headed by ruling party chairman Joseph Msika, the paper said.

19.   Arab states Monday rejected an Israeli pledge to refrain from confiscating more Palestinian-owned land in Jerusalem, saying a planned land seizure already damaged peace efforts.

20.   Britain, the former colonial power, also cautioned against land seizures that could further imperil the ailing economy.