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East Timorese resistance fighters, 1975
José Ramos-Horta (front right), later awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize for Peace, meets...
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Falintil fighters
Members of Falintil, the armed wing of the East Timorese resistance movement, march...
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Xanana Gusmão with East Timorese villagers, 1999
Independence leader Xanana Gusmão in Wailili village, east of Dili, in November 1999,...
© Erik de Castro/Reuters
East Timor: independence
A crowd waving national flags in Dili after East Timor gained its independence, May...
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Taur Matan Ruak
Taur Matan Ruak after winning the presidential runoff election, 2012.
Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
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