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Article: East Timor looks for Olympic recognition this year
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- May 24, 2002
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Dateline: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
It's been only a few days since East Timor celebrated its independence,
but the island's sports leaders are already looking ahead to the
2004 Athens Olympics.
After a long history of brutal oppression by foreign occupiers, East
Timor became the world's newest independent nation early Monday in
a joyful ceremony in the capital, Dili.
Among those attending were three Australian members of an International
Olympic Committee delegation assigned with helping East Timor set
up its own national Olympic body and develop athletes to compete in
Athens.
On Thursday, East Timor's sports chief was in Kuala Lumpur meeting
with IOC president Jacques ...