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I am always optimistic about independence in East Timor.

Xanana Gusmao
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We have said many times before that ... at the very least, Indonesia is responsible for the security situation in East Timor.

Alexander Downer
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During the Balkan conflict, at least 20,000 Muslim girls and women were also raped, with teenage girls particularly targeted. In Myanmar, in Uganda, in East Timor, the bodies of women and girls were and are being violated as part of battle. This kind of violence is not collateral damage. It's a war crime.

Rima Salah
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The people of East Timor, whatever side of the issue they are on, are determined to have their say in this ballot.

Brian Martin
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The idea behind this was that one of the things that keeps a place poor is lack of connections and isolation. Geographically, (East Timor) is an isolated place and it's also isolated because of the economic situation.

Nancy Murray
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Clearly we've got a responsibility in East Timor until such time as the United Nations withdraw from that as an independent nation.

John Moore
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When the Australian workers boycotted the export of cows to Indonesia in protest of East Timor case, the ship carrying the cows had to take them first to Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore before being unloaded to another ship heading to Indonesia.

Thomas Darmawan
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Nuremberg begat the Yugoslavia tribunal which begat the Rwanda tribunal which begat the special court for Sierra Leone and East Timor and now the permanent International Criminal Court.

Michael Scharf
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Indonesia has many problems that should be solved immediately, not only the problem of East Timor.

Xanana Gusmao
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The wounds from the East Timor crisis are still very apparent in Indonesia and it's one of the things that makes Papua so sensitive -- the fear that Australia will do an East Timor with Papua, that's why this issue is so damaging.

Greg Fealy
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The Timor Sea arrangement will not make the people of East Timor rich but it will give the people of East Timor a chance if the proceeds are spent wisely.

Peter Galbraith
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The tragedy for Australia is that our diplomatic relationship with East Timor right now is in a sorry state.

Kevin Rudd
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Even then, we've indicated we're prepared to train a domestic security force within East Timor, so we'll have responsibilities there as I can see for some time.

John Moore
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He's the pure future of the independent East Timor.

Eurico Guterres
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We have come together in reconciliation ... so that we can ensure security and create a conducive atmosphere in East Timor so that there will be no need for acts of terror by either party.

Eurico Guterres
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