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1975 invasion of East Timor: Media

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East Timorese resistance fighters
Members of Falintil, the armed wing of the East Timorese resistance movement, march...
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José Ramos-Horta (front right)
East Timorese resistance leader José Ramos-Horta, later awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize...
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Xanana Gusmão with East Timorese villagers, 1999
Independence leader Xanana Gusmão in Wailili village, east of Dili, in November 1999,...
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East Timor: independence
A crowd waving national flags in Dili after East Timor gained its independence, May...
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Xanana Gusmão, 2024
Prime minister and former resistance leader Xanana Gusmão of Timor-Leste speaks at...
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