21.   Australia recognizes Indonesian rule in East Timor, a former Portugese territory.

22.   Both defendants, believed to be the first East Timorese rebels condemned to death under Indonesian rule, will appeal the verdict, according to Antara.

23.   Both sides, either for or against Indonesian rule, have a varied assortment of weapons.

24.   Both countries took leading roles in an international peacekeeping force in East Timor after the territory voted to break away from Indonesian rule.

25.   But opponents of Indonesian rule maintain that the number is ten times that.

26.   But the United Nations, which is organizing the plebiscite, never recognized Indonesian rule.

27.   Calls to break away from Indonesian rule have grown in Irian Jaya, also known as Papua, in recent months.

28.   Critics of Indonesian rule have called on Indonesia to scale down its military presence in the territory.

29.   Demonstrators calling for an end to Indonesian rule had burned scores of shops in a marketplace in Dili.

30.   Demonstrators protesting Indonesian rule of their territory killed two policemen Thursday in East Timor, officials said.