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Underreported: Unrest in East Timor

Thursday, June 01, 2006

East Timor is the world’s youngest country. Now, it's experiencing an upsurge in violence--the worst since it gained its independence from Indonesia four years ago, on May 20th, 2002. Charles Scheiner, co-founder of the East Timor Action Network/U.S. (or ETAN/U.S.), just returned from East Timor last weekend. We’ll ask him what's behind the fighting.


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