Australia warns of upsurge in East Timor violence
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East Timor is likely to face an upsurge in anti-government protests and civil unrest this week, Australia warned in a travel advisory.
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Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Thursday urged wanted East Timorese rebel leader Major Alfredo Reinado, surrounded by Canberra-led troops, to surrender.
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Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made  a lightning visit to East Timor on Friday to pledge support  after an assassination attempt on the country's president, Jose  Ramos-Horta.
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Australia's top military commander on  Wednesday urged rebel East Timorese soldiers to surrender as  Australian commandos continue hunting them following an attack  last week on the country's leadership.
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An Australian-led international peacekeeping force launched a raid to capture East Timor rebel Alfredo Reinado on Sunday, killing four people, an Australian commander said.
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Suspected mass graves of East Timorese killed during the bloodiest crackdown of Indonesian rule are to be excavated by Australian forensic experts to try and identify hundreds of people slain by Jakarta's security forces.
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East Timor's prosecutor-general said on Wednesday he would issue arrest warrants for 18 people believed to be involved in assassination attempts on the Southeast Asian nation's president and prime minister.
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Australia said it wants to withdraw its troops from East Timor as soon as possible but the timing depends on the United Nations' plans to set up a mission in the fledgling nation.
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Australia on Thursday warned China's rapid military expansion risked causing greater instability in the region as Prime Minister John Howard launched a new doctrine calling for military operations far from home.
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Indonesia is angered over an Australian inquiry into the deaths of journalists during the invasion of East Timor.
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At least 100,000 people have fled their homes in East Timor&#039;s capital because of days of violence, a spokeswoman for a group of aid agencies said Wednesday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday he would visit East Timor on Thursday for talks with President Jose Ramos-Horta.
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East Timor&#039;s president on Thursday threatened to resign after the ruling party defied his orders to oust the prime minister, deepening a political crisis in the tiny nation following weeks of bloody street battles.
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Australia will send an extra 50 police  to East Timor as a multinational force tries to quell violence  between feuding army and police units and gangs of youths,  Prime Minister John Howard said on Sunday.
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East Timor risks lapsing into civil conflict if divisions between police and army forces are not resolved, a security watchdog cautioned Friday, calling on the government and United Nations to act quickly.
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Thousands of protesters demanded the ouster of East Timor&#039;s prime minister Saturday, blaming him for provoking violence and political chaos.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd touched down in East Timor Friday for a lightning visit designed to show support for the tiny nation's government after the shooting of its president this week.