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INDONESIA: EAST TIMOR: DILI: VIOLENCE CLASHES WRAP
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Rampaging anti-independence militiamen shot and hacked a teenager to death with machetes outside the U-N compound in East Timor's capital on Wednesday.
The violence in Dili was the most brazen since the territory's historic...
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EAST TIMOR: UN FACT FINDING MISSION ARRIVES
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A UN Security Council fact-finding mission to East Timor and Indonesian West
Timor arrived in Dili on Sunday morning.
The visit follows the slaughter of three U-N foreign aid workers in September in the West Timor town of...
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EAST TIMOR: REFUGEES RETURNING TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
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As the days draw closer towards Christmas, hundreds of refugees are abandoning their camps in West Timor and making their way back to the east to celebrate the festive season with friends and family.
It will be an...
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PORTUGAL: LISBON: CONCERT FOR EAST TIMOR
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Thousands of people attended a concert for East Timor in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, on Saturday night.
Portugal has been outspoken in its criticisms of Indonesia over the bloodshed in its former colony and support...
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INDONESIA: EAST TIMOR: SITUATION UPDATE
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Talks to prevent violence following East Timor's August 30 independence referendum have entered their final day.
Officials from the U-N, Indonesia and Portugal aim to hammer out security arrangements in East Timor, which...
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4:3 Ex-guerrilla fighter on course to win East Timor presidency
1. Mid of supporters of East Timor presidential candidate Jose Maria Vasconcelos, known universally by his nom de guerre, Taur Matan Ruak, waving
2. Mid of Taur Matan Ruak and his wife
3. Mid of Ruak''s supporters clapping
4. Ruak...
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EAST TIMOR: BISHOP CARLOS BELO CALLED FOR CALM
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East Timor's religious leader called for calm on Sunday at a church service held in a village where militiamen shot and hacked to death an estimated twenty five people on Tuesday.
Bishop Carlos Belo addressed the service...
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AUSTRALIA: TROOPS PREPARE FOR EAST TIMOR LANDING
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Thousands of Australian troops are holding final training exercises near Darwin, as they prepare to lead a United Nations peacekeeping force to East Timor.
The troops could be on the ground in the embattled province...
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INDONESIA: UN REACTION TO CHAOS IN EAST TIMOR
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U-N special envoy, Jamsheed Marker says he's satisfied by Indonesia's assurances of improving security in East Timor.
At a meeting with the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Ali Alatas, in Jakarta, Marker denied having called...
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EAST TIMOR: UN AID DROP (V)
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The Australian Defence Force says it has successfully carried out its first air drop over East Timor.
Thousands are hiding out in the mountains and villages in the north of the troubled province.
The U-N World Food...
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South Africa / East Timor - Mandela / Belo
After meeting East Timorese bishop and Nobel Peace laureate Carlos Ximenes Belo in Johannesburg on Tuesday (09/09), South African President Nelson Mandela called for autonomy for East Timor, currently under Indonesian rule. Mandela told...
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INDONESIA: UN AID CAMPAIGN FOR EAST TIMOR LATEST
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The United Nations has stepped up its campaign to drop food to starving refugees in East Timor.
But a major aid agency has warned that it may be too little too late.
Aid agency World Vision is preparing for a major relief...
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President Gusmao assumes emergency powers
1.East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao sitting down to make a statement
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Xanana Gusmao, President of East Timor
"From now on all the responsibilities on affairs and security is under my...
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EAST TIMOR: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HOLKERI
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The current head of the U-N's General Assembly is in East Timor this weekend for an update on the peacekeeping and administration activities there.
Harri Holkeri met both local leaders and international staff as part of his...
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EAST TIMOR: ARRIVAL OF RED CROSS AID
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Aid agencies estimate that the devastated island of Timor needs more than 100 (M) million U-S dollars in humanitarian aid over the next six months.
As Indonesian troops continue to pull out of the troubled territory, the...
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SOUTH AFRICA: UN ENVOY FOR EAST TIMOR PRAISES PRESIDENT MANDELA
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The U-N special envoy for East Timor praised South African President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday for trying to bring about peace in the annexed region of Indonesia.
Mandela has offered to host peace talks between Indonesia...
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WRAP East Timor goes to polls to elect president ADDS Australian observers
1. People breaking into a run as they enter polling station grounds
2. Mid of people's feet as they walk into station
3. Exterior polling station
4. Close up ballot paper
5. Mid of woman taking ballot and entering polling station
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EAST TIMOR: DILI: FOOTAGE OF DESTRUCTION IN CAPITAL
Dili, East Timor - 6 September 1999 XFA1. Driving shot past seaside with pan to destruction and burning buildings2. Various of destruction in town centre and militias looting3. Shot into UN car park4. Army trucks come around...
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Adds Thai soundbite to peacekeeping/ count item
Police Training College - 31 Aug 2001
1: Various start of ballot counting
Same Location - evening of 30 Aug 2001
2: Various ballot boxes arriving
UN Peace keeping Force HQ - 31 Aug 2001
3: Various ceremony marking changeover in...
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INDONESIA: UN EAST TIMOR MEETING
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A top U-N official visiting Jakarta has said that there will be no further delay to the historical independence ballot in troubled East Timor.
Jamsheed Marker, the personal representative for East Timor for U-N Secretary...
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INDONESIA: JAKARTA: GOVERNMENT MEETING WITH UN DELEGATION
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Indonesia is standing by its refusal to allow U-N peacekeepers into chaos-ridden East Timor, despite a series of meetings with a U-N delegation in Jakarta.
In a surprise announcement, the delegation came out of the meeting to...
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EAST TIMOR: DILI: INDEPENDENCE VOTE: SECURITY (2)
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East Timor's pro- and anti-independence leaders agreed on Sunday to end years of bitter fighting despite Indonesia's military saying it could not guarantee maintaining security on the eve of a referendum on the future of...
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GNS WEEKLY NEWS: EAST TIMOR CLASHES
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Hundreds of anti-independence militiamen clashed with pro-independence supporters on Wednesday, close to the U-N headquarters in East Timor's capital of Dili.
The fighting blocked the streets outside the U-N compound,...
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TIMOR: FAMILY REUNION PROGRAMME TURNS VIOLENT (2)
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A family reunion programme for refugees at the border of East and West Timor turned violent on Saturday when rocks were thrown and shots fired.
The families had come from both sides of the border to meet in the Neutral...