Let the East Timorese Go Home.On January 20, the East Timor East Timor (tē`môr) or Timor-Leste (–lĕsht), Tetum Timor Lorosae, republic, officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (2002 est. pop. Action Network held demonstrations at the Indonesian consulates in Chicago, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Houston, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and at the embassy in Washington, D.C., calling on the Indonesian government to let more than 100,000 East Timorese return home. The refugees were forced out by the Indonesian armed forces and their paramilitaries in the days following the August 30 referendum on independence. For more information, call the East Timor Action Network at (718) 5967668, or e-mail info@etan.org, or visit the web site at www.etan.org. |
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