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...people from East Timor explain their country thusly: "Umm, it used to be part of Indonesia, but it became independent in 2002." If that doesn't work, they try: "It used to be a Portuguese colony, but it's now independent." Or, "It's half of an island between Indonesia and Australia, and now it's an independent nation." The punch line is always the same: Independence! In 2002! The first country to gain its freedom in the new millennium! Nevertheless, many East Timorese are resigned to the fact that most everyone else has no idea who they...
...which sounds like it was named by a particularly uninspired committee), French Guiana (not to be confused with Equatorial Guinea, Guyana or Guinea-Bissau) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (a collection of islands that sounds like it also could be an up-and-coming lounge act). But East Timor's problems are compounded by the fact that its population of just under 1 million is commonly referred to by no fewer than four names. Even though less than 10% of the population speaks Portuguese, the ruling government decided to follow in the footsteps of Brazil, Cape Verde and Mozambique...
...days later, five rebels were dead and one wounded, Reinado was still on the run, and East Timor's streets had become battlegrounds as thousands of the rebel leader's supporters staged angry protests, threw rocks and torched houses. Dili, the capital, was relatively quiet as Time went to press, but unrest triggered by the failed raid could resume with redoubled violence if Reinado is caught. Meanwhile, he continues to taunt the government, and has threatened to derail the April 9 elections-the country's first Presidential poll since independence...
...posed immediate threat to the lives of the ISF members involved." Gusmao said the hunt for Reinado would continue and again called on him to give himself up. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said of the rebel leader, "His continued activities are a threat to the security of East Timor, and it is preferable that that threat be neutralized. The objective is to take him into custody and that is an objective we will go on pursuing...
...Gusmao declared a state of emergency and put local troops back on the streets. Hearing of the development, rebel Nelson Galucho laughed and said: "The country's been in a state of emergency since last year." His leader, he says, has vowed to "liberate" the people of East Timor...