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Timor, see East Timor

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	Timor Chronology Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 1/12/1999; 700+ words ; ...an act of self-determination for East Timor. April 1974: Left-wing officers...Portugal's empire, which includes East Timor. Aug 1975: Pro-independence nationalist group Fretilin takes control of East Timor after brief civil war. Oct 1975...
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	East Timor Becomes a Symbol of Upheaval News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/31/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...05-31-2006 Dateline: DILI, East Timor Australian army medics treat a victim...after a street fight, in Dili, East Timor, Wednesday, May 31, 2006. More foreign soldiers landed in East Timor on Wednesday to bolster a force struggling...
	Timor, the two faces of an island. Newspaper article from: Asian Political News; 9/6/1999; 700+ words ; ...lively West Timor and the soulless East Timor, where people are finally deciding...passengers on a 12-hour journey to the East Timor capital Dili stopped in the peaceful...the border between West Timor and East Timor would finally open. Only a few days...
	TIMOR ORIENTAL: POSIBLE INDEPENDENCIA INQUIETA A PETROLERAS.(TT: East Timor: possible independence worries oil companies.) News Wire article from: Noticias en Español; 3/11/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...11 mar (IPS) La posibilidad de que Timor Oriental obtenga la independencia preocupa...riquezas del lecho marino de la brecha de Timor, ubicada entre el norte de Australia e...visit en forma reservada al dirigente de Timor Oriental Xanana Gusmao, entonces encarcelado...
	TIMOR ORIENTAL: REFUGIADOS TEMEN VOLVER.(TT: East Timor: refugees afraid to return.) News Wire article from: Noticias en Español; 10/13/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 13 oct (IPS) Habitantes de Timor Oriental, retenidos en Timor Occidental por milicias apoyadas por Indonesia...de las milicias en una docena de campamentos de Timor Occidental se haba "generalizado", como los lazos...
	TIMOR ORIENTAL: ACTIVISTAS PIDEN A JAPON QUE PRESIONE A INDONESIA.(TT: East Timor: activists ask Japan to pressure Indonesia.) News Wire article from: Noticias en Español; 9/7/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...obligar a Yakarta a detener la violencia en Timor Oriental, exhortan activistas japoneses...ministro Keizo Obuchi condeno la violencia en Timor Oriental y exhorto a todos los bandos a...puede hacer mucho mas para traer la paz a Timor Oriental debido a sus fuertes relaciones...

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