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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Jakarta warns against Timor probe
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Add Sticky NoteIndonesia invaded East Timor after the territory descended into civil war following the end of Portuguese colonial rule.
- Abetted by the United States, who supplied most of the arms. The West was fearful that the former Dutch colony that had recently been deconlonized would turn communist, considering its proximity to China. The US was sympathetic to the Suharto regime, the regime that was in power during the invasion. - on 2009-09-10
Ronit Avni -- Americans and Israeli Settlements in Palestinian Territories - washingtonpost.com
War in Afghanistan: 'People Have Lost Interest' -- Politics Daily
"A congressional hearing was called last week to examine the "civilian surge'' and why it is taking so long to implement.
Pentagon and State Department officials appeared in a packed hearing room of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
But after a 15-minute wait, the hearing was postponed, indefinitely.
Congressmen were too busy to attend the hearing, it turned out.
They were voting on, among other legislation, a measure that prohibits the federal government from purchasing light bulbs without the power-saving "Energy Star'' designation by the Federal Energy Management Program.
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