End of a nightmare
The end of Indonesian rule in East Timor was as traumatic as its beginning 24 years ago. Catherine Napier asks what lessons have been learnt.
Analysis: Long road to recovery
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Key figures
The role of Xanana GusmaoMany East Timorese are hoping the charismatic rebel leader can make the transition from rebel fighter to leader of an independent East Timor.
"Indonesia has proved it does not want to end the violence" - Xanana Gusmao
From the archive (1996): BBC News reports on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Bishop Belo and Jose Ramos Horta
The world intervenes
The military challengeDefence Correspondent Mark Laity looks at the military risks facing the Australian-led intervention force and its prospects for success.
Correspondent Clive Myrie sees a Gurkha patrol respond to militia firing
After the vote
Dili: Back to year zero"As we left, driving past the evidence of this orgy of violence, the soldiers laughed and grinned" - Matt Frei reports from East Timor's capital.
Jonathan Head reports on being attacked
"The number of refugees is growing daily" - BBC's Matt Frei
Polling day
Timor goes to the pollsAfter 300 years of Portuguese rule and nearly a quarter of a century under Indonesian military occupation, the East Timorese people braved threats of violence to vote on the territory's future: Simon Ingram reports.
At first light, they were on their way to vote - BBC TV news
"The people have been waiting for deliverance" - BBC's Jonathan Head
Listen to the song "Hakotu
Ba" (Please Decide) by East Timorese group Lahane - commissioned by the UN to persuade East Timorese to vote.
Indonesia in transition
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