1.   Mugabe has justified the farm seizures as a justified response to the legacy of inequitable land ownership left by British colonial rule.

2.   Mugabe approves of deal to end farm seizures, but violence continues.

3.   Several farm dogs that were either abandoned or attacked during the farm seizures were put to sleep Friday.

4.   The courts have repeatedly ruled the farm seizures illegal.

5.   The judges, who have repeatedly ruled the farm seizures unlawful, had previously been threatened with dismissal and warned their safety could not be guaranteed.

6.   The second ruling left the door open for farmers to challenge the farm seizures on a case-by-case basis.

7.   U.N. food experts have warned for the past year of the disaster facing commercial agriculture in Zimbabwe because of the farm seizures by militants loyal to President Robert Mugabe.

8.   The land reforms, which have led to violent farm seizures, have caused a slump in production and a lower profile at the auction, traders said.