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EAST TIMOR: REFUGEES RETURNING TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
Eng/Indonesian
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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INDONESIA: EAST TIMOR: SITUATION UPDATE
Indonesian/Nat
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
Eng/Portu/Nat
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
Eng/Indonesian
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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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
English/Nat
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
English/Nat
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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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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4:3 Electoral official comments on turnout for presidential elections
1. Various of centre for counting votes
2. Close of international observers
3. Close of chart showing election results
4. Mid of national observers
5. Cameraman
6. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Tomas Cabral, head of Elections...
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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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EAST TIMOR: STORMING OF UN BUILDING WRAP
English/Nat
Thousands of militia members and their supporters stormed a U-N office in West Timor on Wednesday, brutally killing at least three foreign workers and burning their bodies.
In addition to the three known dead, several foreign...
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EAST TIMOR: UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION WRAP
English/Nat
U-N forces are tightening their grip on Dili as they venture into East Timor's interior.
The peacekeeping force hopes to secure routes for the desperately needed aid.
Buildings continued to be razed to the ground throughout...
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EAST TIMOR: DILI: ANNIVERSARY OF 1991 MASSACRE MARKED
English/Nat
Ten thousand people gathered in a graveyard in the capital of East Timor, Dili, on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of a massacre of anti-Indonesian protesters in 1991.
Between 50 and 200 people were killed when...
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Japanese UNAMET peacekeepers hand over duties
1. Various 2nd Batallion Japanese peacekeeping troops arriving at Dili airport
2. Japanese troops enter airport building
3. Various troops exit building to applause from colleagues
4. Troops board UN truck to take them to their base
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Trial opens of officials accused over East Timor massacres
Jakarta, Indonesia, March 14, 2002
1. Exterior of Central Jakarta Court
2. Close up of sign 'Central Jakarta Court'
3. Security standing next to gate
4. Former police chief of East Timor, General Timbul Silaen, gets out of car and says...
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EAST TIMOR: DILI: INDEPENDENCE VOTE: WORSHIPPERS
Indonesian/Nat
As East Timor prepares for its historic referendum on independence, the territory's Roman Catholics are coming together in prayer the day before the vote.
A crowd of nearly 600 worshippers gathered at the home of Bishop...
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EAST TIMOR: DILI: CENTRAL MARKETPLACE REOPENS
English/Nat
Bagpipes and ball games heralded the reopening of the Central Market in the East Timorese capital, Dili, on Tuesday.
The colonial-era market was burned to the ground last month by pro-Jakarta militias who went on a violent...
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EAST TIMOR: INDONESIAN TROOPS PREPARE TO LEAVE
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Dozens more Indonesian troops abandoned their barracks in East Timor on Friday as Indonesia continued to pull its soldiers out of the province.
Around 90 soldiers left southern Dili on Friday and prepared for their journey...