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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: EAST TIMOR
English/Nat
A good luck letter from the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan was hand delivered to the East Timorese Olympic team in Sydney on Monday.
Mr Annan's representative presented the letter to boxer Victor Ramos in the Olympic...
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INDONESIA: REBEL LEADER GUSMAO TO BE FREED WEDNESDAY
English/Nat
After nearly seven years held behind bars and under house arrest by Indonesia, rebel leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao will be freed and flown to East Timor on Wednesday.
There he will face the nearly impossible task of...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT MANDELA ADVISES INDONESIAN PRESIDENT
English/Nat
South African President Nelson Mandela said on Tuesday he told Indonesian President Suharto that East Timor should be autonomous.
The former Portuguese colony was annexed by Indonesia in 1976.
Mandela's statement was...
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INDONESIA: FOREIGN MINISTER E. TIMOR REFERENDUM VOTE DELAYED
English/Nat
Indonesia's foreign minister confirmed there will be a further delay of the historic vote which will determine greater autonomy for East Timor within Indonesia or independence.
The U-N run vote, which will decide the future...
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Rebels involved in attack on PM surrender, Ramos-Horta reax
1. Wide of East Timor government building
2. Australian soldiers guarding building
3. Australian Black Hawk helicopter flying over building
4. East Timor rebel leader Gastau Salsinha (wearing baseball hat), being escorted into building...
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INDONESIA: AUSTRALIAN CONSULATE TO REOPEN IN EAST TIMOR
English/Nat
Indonesia has given Australia permission to reopen its consulate in the disputed territory of East Timor, as the future of the troubled territory is being negotiated.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer also...
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INDONESIA: TRIAL: 6 MILITANTS CHARGED WITH MURDER
Indonesian/Nat
The trials of six militants charged with murdering three U-N aid worker opened in Jakarta on Thursday.
The trial comes after months of intense international pressure on the Indonesian government to disarm the militia bands...
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EAST TIMOR: DILI: INDEPENDENCE VOTE: SECURITY
Eng/Indonesian
U-N officials have accused militia groups of making a last-minute attempt to derail Monday's vote on possible independence for East Timor by scaring voters away from the polls.
The U-N and international observers are...
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NEW ZEALAND: APEC - HOWARD CONCERNED OVER EAST TIMOR
English/Nat
The Australian Prime Minister has warned Indonesia it will harm international relationships if it continues with its tactics in East Timor.
John Howard made his comments on Saturday after holding separate bilateral meetings...
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EAST TIMOR: CAMPAIGN FOR REFERENDUM STARTED
Indonesian/Nat
Campaigning for the referendum which will determine whether East Timor becomes independent or remains part of Indonesia began on Saturday.
Many fear the campaigns which ends on August 30 will be marred by violence.
But as...
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EAST TIMOR: LATEST SITUATION: AID AGENCIES
English/Nat
Aid agencies in Dili have been making a concerted effort to get food aid to some of those who need it most.
U-N relief officials say the city's 45-thousand inhabitants will each receive a month's supply of rice.
Officials...
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Unrest puts fledgling tourism industry on hold
June 4, 2006
1. Various of children playing on beach
2. Various of boat full of children pulling ashore
June 5, 2006
3. Foreign troops walking by house damaged in fighting, car on fire inside gate
4. Close up burning car
5. Various of...
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East Timor - Clashes Between Youths And Police
Complete Rushes on Tape GEN1905
Rioters rampaged through the capital of Indonesia's restive East
Timor province on Sunday. Several hundred demonstrators took to the streets to mark the anniversary of the killing of up to 200 Timorese by...
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Counting begins in parliamentary election
1. Various of man looking at ballot and calling out result
2. Various of campaign representatives and reporters listening to results
3. High wide of counting
4. Election officials counting ballots
5. People watching
6. People writing...
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INDONESIA: PORTUGAL RENEWS POLITICAL TIES WITH FORMER COLONY
Eng/Portu/Nat
Two Portuguese envoys arrived in Jakarta on Saturday to set up the first diplomatic post there in almost 25 years.
At the same time Indonesian envoys arrived in Lisbon.
The two countries broke off relations in 1976,...
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EAST TIMOR: UN ASSISTANCE MISSION LATEST
English/Nat
East Timor finally appears to be heading towards a solution to bring peace to the island territory.
The United Nations (U-N) has taken responsibility for administrating the vote which aims to determine whether or not East...
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EAST TIMOR: UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION: ARRIVALS
English/Nat
The latest detachment of the U-N peacekeeping force has arrived in East Timor.
The Philippines Forces were greeted Friday in the capital Dili by the U-N commander Major General Peter Cosgrove.
The first contingent of...
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EAST TIMOR: ARRIVAL OF INDONESIAN TROOPS
Natural Sound
Hundreds of Indonesian troops have arrived in the territory's capital, Dili, on the eve of the announcement of the results of East Timor's historic consultation.
If, as expected, the East Timorese have approved a split...
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Indonesian army officer responds to UN indictment
Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb 28, 2003
1. Close up of Indonesian human rights court sign
2. Wide shot of former East Timor military commander Noer Muis entering court room, saluting judges
3. Mid shot of Muis lawyers
4. Mid shot of trial
5....
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PORTUGAL: EU LEADERS SUMMIT (2)
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European Union leaders gathered for the start of a two day summit in Lisbon on Thursday in order to discuss ways in which to get their economies in shape for the Internet age.
In addition, European Commission President...
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INDONESIA: EAST TIMOR RIVAL FACTIONS PEACE TALKS LATEST
English/Nat
East Timor's rival factions are wrapping up five days of peace talks under the shadow of an attack against a U-N office in the troubled province on Tuesday.
Wednesday marks the last day of the Dare II meeting, and the United...
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EAST TIMOR: DILI: T-N-I FORCES - HOPES FOR PEACEFUL WITHDRAWAL
English/Nat
The multinational force in East Timor (INTERFET) is hoping the process of withdrawal by Indonesian forces, or T-N-I, still in the region will be conducted peacefully.
INTERFET spokesperson, Colonel Mark Kelly, has reaffirmed...
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ETIMOR: VIOLENCE DURING RUN-UP TO INDEPENDENCE VOTE (2)
Eng/Indonesian
More violence has erupted in East Timor - despite angry U-N demands that Indonesian
security forces rein in anti-independence militiamen ahead of the August 30 referendum.
U-N mission chief Ian Martin accused Indonesian...
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4:3 PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA MEETS NZEALAND'S GOVERNOR GENERAL
Sir Jerry Mateparae, New Zealand's Governor General, arrived in East Timor on Saturday for an official two-day visit.
He was welcomed by the country's outgoing president, Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta.
In subsequent talks with...