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DILI, Indonesia (AP)— The United Nations
heeded the pleas of East Timorese refugees yes
terday and delayed the evacuation of its mission
to the Indonesian province, fearing the with
drawal could end in mass bloodshed.
More than 2,000 people have crowded into the
U.N. compound in Dili, the provincial capital.
Many said pro-Indonesian militias would kill
them if the U.N. workers left.
At U.N. headquarters in New York, Secretary-
General Kofi Annan said the pullout of the re
maining 206 international officials and 167 East
Timorese working for the world body would be
delayed 24 hours. He also said he is trying to keep
a small U.N. presence in the violence-torn
province to protect innocent civilians.
The move came after the U.N. workers an
nounced plans to flee Dili this morning.
Violence in East Timor exploded in the wake
of an Aug. 30 U.N.-supervised referendum, in
which the East Timorese overwhelmingly voted
to become independent from Indonesia. Since
then, Indonesian troops and their proxies have
been looting houses, shooting people and driving
others out in an apparent effort to punish the pop
ulace and subvert independence.
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“It will be a holocaust here.
They will simply kill all of us as
soon as [U.N. workers] leave.'
mnot develop our country,"si.
ence activist who reached the __
pound yesterday. “This is a good-bye"
The U.N. compound has beensu
ian troops, who have helper.
;cess to it. Bursts of mach
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terday said Indonesian soldiers were "looi
everything in sight," carrying furniture oui
abandoned houses and loading it onto trucks
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shells rained downomi
villages, killing twopei
wounding four, U.S. pen
said yesterday.
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bang,” Milica Cvetkovk:
scribing the shell thathir
shattering glass and sc
choking clouds of dust
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or where it was comingir
daughter, Danjela, said
ran out into the yard.”
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in the ethnically mixed easi
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the Sept. 19 deadline forth
tarization of the rebel
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cials fear such attempts to
the peace will increase. Sot
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mently opposed to demilii;
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pardoned and promoted
that makes him theequivat
vice president.
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half-dozen countries, i
presidents and attended a
al summit.
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promised peace.
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of Sierra Leone’s feared'
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yet to come home.
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July ended eight years
war in exchange fora
sharing government that
ed the rebels.
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to Sierra Leone. Two mono
he is still promising.
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nearby Lome, Togo, wlf
peace accords were negoti;
signed.
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ties to Moammar Gadhatl
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to Sierra Leone once histrif
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