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Portuguese Withdrawl
Withdraws to offshore island of Atauro. -
5 Australian Journalists Killed
Shot and bodies burnt. Australians knew but did not do anything. -
Brief Civil War
FRETILIN (Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor) declares East Timor independent. -
Indonesian Invasion
Indonesians tell all that East Timor is becoming communist and uses it as an excuse to invade. Around 200,000 people are thought to have died -
Santa Cruz Cemetery Massacre in Dili
Memorial of Sebastio Gomez, a man killed by the Indonesian military, the people at this memorial were pro-independence around 100 people died -
20th Anniversary of Indonesian Invasion
A protest by 112 East Timorese and sympathisers who enter Russian and Dutch embassies in Jakarta. -
Joint Nobel Peace Prize Awards for Acting Bishop of Dili, Carlos Belo, and Resistance leader Jose Ramos
For raising international awareness of the East Timorese independence struggle from the Indonesian. -
Autonomy of Independence Vote
Indonesia and Portugal sign a deal with UN to hold a vote for the East Timorese to see if they want to be independant or have an autonomy plan. -
Independence voted for makes Indonesians mad.
78% voters favoured independence.
Anti-independence militia creat a campaign of terror, leaving up to 1,000 dead. -
East Timor gets $520 mil aid
International donors at a Tokyo conference \provide US $520 million to help rebuild East Timor. -
Aus Court Ruling: Balibo 5 were murdered in cold blood.
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Indonesia Accepts Blame of Human Rights Violation
As found by Indonesian-East Timorese Truth Commission -
East Timor Applies to be part of ASEAN
(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) -
UN hands power back to East Timor police
For the first time since 2006 -
Australian and New Zeland troops start pulling out
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UN Ends Peacekeeping Mission
Significant progress made in establishing peace and security in the country.
