21. Dozens of East Timorese youths entered the Australian Embassy Tuesday to protest the recent burning of Indonesian flags in Australia, witnesses said. 22. Dozens spilled out of the packed vehicles, singing and skipping around a plaza fountain and waving red and white Indonesian flags as hotel guests peered from curtained windows. 23. Dozens wore bandannas of red and white, the colors of the Indonesian flag, and sang the national anthem. 24. East Timorese activists agreed Saturday to burn only Indonesian military flags at protests in the future at the request of the East Timorese Independence movement. 25. Emotions flared after an Indonesia fan jumped a fence and ran on the field with an Indonesian flag at halftime. 26. For nearly two weeks following the shootings, most Indonesian flags around Jakarta were lowered to half staff to honor the slain students. 27. Filipino activists demanding independence for East Timor pelted the Indonesian Embassy with red paint and trampled and burned an Indonesian flag Thursday. 28. Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said Thursday the burning of Indonesian flags in Australia did not cause serious damage to relations between the two countries. 29. He and his comrades danced in circles, hugged one another and waved red and white Indonesian flags. 30. Hundreds of protesters tore down Indonesian flags at government and military offices. |
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