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...Dili has erupted into a battleground for gangs, internal refugees and supporters of a former army commander turned rebel, Alfredo Reinado. Last spring, tensions within the army spread to the civilian populace, sparking riots in which dozens died. On March 3, Reinado's forces engaged in a firefight with Australian-led peacekeepers. Four people were killed, but Reinado escaped. Earlier this week, mobs loyal to him thronged Dili's streets, burning tires and threatening to torch government buildings. "It can be hard to understand how things have gotten so bad so quickly," says Lucia Lobato, another presidential candidate. "Without...
...glowingly of the country's economic potential. Revenues from offshore oil and gas reserves increased nearly ninefold to $351 million from the 2003-04 fiscal year to the 2005-06 fiscal year. The reserves, which are located between East Timor and Australia, are to be developed by international and Australian companies, who will hand over half the royalties to Dili. "We could have 10% growth rates and a shortage of labor in a few years," predicts Ramos-Horta. Entrepreneurs are also trying to develop East Timor's once prized coffee plantations. But all the talk of future earnings means little...
...March-May 2006: An army revolt sparked by tensions between rival soldiers leads to riots that cause more than 150,000 people to flee their homes. An Australian-led force returns to East Timor just one year after international peacekeepers had left...
...March 2007: Australian peacekeepers clash with the forces of renegade Army commander Alfredo Reinado (pictured here, wearing a bandana), who escaped from prison the previous year and remains at large...
...last August, the former military police commander-jailed over a rebel attack last May that left five East Timorese soldiers dead-had been flitting from one jungle hideout to another, giving interviews to journalists in which he vented his hatred for the "communist" government, and negotiating with officials and Australian peacekeeping troops over his terms for facing justice. Then, last week, he and his men visited a police post on the border with Indonesia and left with 20 automatic rifles, along with ammunition and two-way radios. President Xanana Gusmao immediately authorized Australian troops-who make up half East Timor...