Word: xanana
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Dates: during 1996-1996
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...sponsored referendum on self-rule. "We, the East Timorese, are offering an olive branch to Indonesia," Ramos-Horta told TIME last week, describing the process as a way for Indonesia to save face and regain respect. He says his share of the $1.1 million award should have gone to Xanana Gusmao, the Fretilin leader jailed by Indonesia in 1993. Ramos-Horta says Gusmao will determine how the money is spent, though that could prove tricky since the guerrilla leader is being held incommunicado on a 20-year commuted sentence...