11.   Australian soldiers took over warehouses pillaged by militia gangs and their Indonesian army backers, while other troops arrested gang members and stripped them of machetes and homemade guns.

12.   Australian soldiers took over warehouses pillaged by militia gangs and their Indonesian army backers, while other troops arrested gangmembers, stripped them of machetes and homemade guns.

13.   Foreign governments, as well as the United Nations, also want Indonesia to disarm militia gangs that have terrorized the refugees and prevented their return to East Timor.

14.   Guterres was charged with ordered followers not to hand over weapons to Indonesian police disarming militia gangs now sheltering in Indonesian West Timor.

15.   Last month Indonesian police arrested Guterres for trying to thwart attempts by Indonesian police to disarm militia gangs now sheltering in Indonesian West Timor.

16.   Militia gangs opposed to independence in East Timor ransacked the capital, Dili, this week and have forced thousands to flee their homes.

17.   Others remain, either wanting to stay or complaining that militia gangs will kill them if they try to leave.

18.   Ramos Horta and other independence activists say pro-Indonesian militia gangs have been helped by Indonesian military to terrorize Timorese civilians and derail the ballot.

19.   Rights activists say most of the victims were murdered by militia gangs that the local government allegedly hoped would intimidate people to vote for continued union with Indonesia.

20.   Since then, militia gangs have used a string of refugee camps in West Timor as safe havens and bases for border incursions.