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Strife in East Timor: the situation is becoming normal

Dili, East Timor - The Capital airport is under control

After last days violent strife and troop sending by Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal, the situation is slowly coming back under control in Dili, the Capital of East Timor (see AVIONEWS for details). Multinational special forces took over at the airport and started to patrol city streets. Today the local Foreign Minister, Jose Ramos-Horta, announced on the radio that negotiations among...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 141723
Rome, Italy, 05/26/2006 17:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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