There was a big turnout for East Timor's first democratic election after centuries of foreign domination.
The Indonesian Government is convinced that autonomy is the best compromise solution for East Timor.
Some have found it easy to blame Indonesia for all the troubles in East Timor.
Even in such limited ways, then, the militias continue to hold East Timor hostage.
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Officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, it is one of the world's newest countries.
In Maliana in western East Timor, returning locals claim that 45 people were killed there.
Its continued meanness to East Timor is a blot on its otherwise shining foreign-policy record.
Washington's relationship with Jakarta was first scaled back in the 1990s amid atrocities in East Timor.
This national consultation will discuss policies and laws that affect women and youth in Timor-Leste.
And the general responsible for East Timor for many years was himself a Catholic.
In that sense, therefore, East Timor's independence ought not to be a precedent for anything.
Some of the 100, 000 refugees in West Timor feel terrorised by the presence of the militias.
The government desperately wants to draw the line at its capitulation over East Timor.
We are ready to accompany you in working for the dignity of the people of Timor-Leste.
But it is clear that the army in East Timor is resisting Mr Habibie's plans.
Human rights, labour standards and, above all, East Timor make Indonesia a target for congressional criticism.
Small and impoverished East Timor may not be seen to be worth that cost.
We have taken Timor-Leste as the first country to raise education as a number one priority.
This week Mr Habibie sent the commander of the armed forces, General Wiranto, to East Timor.
In East Timor, however, they became a political force, using terror tactics to pursue their aims.
They were driven out of East Timor after it gained its independence last year.
But the recent mayhem in East Timor made Mr Cohen's visit the most difficult yet.
So he wants to sell the name--ideally to someone involved with the prospective Timor Lorosae government.
Australia then became the only western country to recognise Indonesia's claim of sovereignty over East Timor.
That is indeed what anti-independence leaders threaten from their bases near the border in West Timor.
Not unlike East Timor, some local people have found themselves disenfranchised in their own land.
He seems to believe that yielding on East Timor might open the way to separatism elsewhere.
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In East Timor the abuse there by the Indonesians over the last 20 years was absolutely outrageous.
And yet in a moment yesterday, Timor showed the world that forgiveness is the only way forward.
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