The United Nations has never recognised Indonesian rule there, leaving East Timor as one of the unfinished items on the world's post-colonial agenda.

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The move comes as Republicans grapple with the hot-potato issue of raising the government's borrowing limit later this year, one of the few must-do items on a dysfunctional Washington's agenda this year.

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Considering measures to achieve this is one of the most important items on WCIT's agenda.

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