After the people of East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999, many thought the country's economic hopes lay in coffee.

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After overwhelmingly voting for independence from Indonesia on August 30,1999, the country was ransacked by Indonesian-backed militias.

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Many hold a grudge against Australia for the role that it played in helping East Timor gain independence from Indonesia.

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In 1945, Indonesia claimed independence from the Netherlands with the setting up the Provisional Indonesian Republican Government.

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It was incorporated into Indonesia in 1949, four years after the country had declared its independence from the Dutch crown.

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