11.   Politically motivated violence is common in East Timor, where separatist guerrillas have been fighting a war against Indonesian rule for more than two decades.

12.   Rebels fighting Indonesian rule in western New Guinea have shot and killed three civilians, a report said Thursday.

13.   A ragtag guerrilla group has been fighting Indonesian rule ever since.

14.   A resident in Baucau said the attackers were believed to be three members of FRETILIN, a rebel group fighting Indonesian rule in the former Portuguese colony.

15.   Aceh is one of three Indonesian provinces where separatist rebels are fighting Indonesian rule.

16.   Although a longtime vocal critic of Indonesian rule, Belo disapproved of the protesters, angrily shouting at them to go home.

17.   All were representatives of the Free Aceh Movement, which has waged a guerrilla war against Indonesian rule for the past quarter century.

18.   Australia, one of the few countries to recognize Indonesian rule over East Timor, has ruled out asylum for the Timorese.

19.   Australia announced its new policy over East Timor Tuesday, underscoring that it did not support full independence from Indonesian rule.

20.   Bamadhaj had been among hundreds of people in the provincial capital Dili for a funeral procession that turned into a rowdy protest against Indonesian rule of East Timor.