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Article: EAST TIMOR-ASIA: ALL THE HELP A NEW NATION CAN GET
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- February 7, 2000
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Inter Press Service English News Wire
02-07-2000
BANGKOK, Feb. 6 (IPS) -- East Timor independence leader Xanana
Gusmao's constant message during his South-east Asian tour has
been that the world's youngest nation badly needs economic
development that eases life for a people tired of conflict.
Indeed, after focusing on and achieving self-determination,
East Timor is faced with the tough task of transforming a
war-torn, poor island into a growing economy.
With 90 percent of its infrastructure destroyed and continuing
attacks by pro-Indonesia militias six months after an Aug. 30
ballot that resulted in a vote to break away from Indonesia, East
Timor almost has nothing left except its ...