41.   Meanwhile, independence activists ended the general strike on Friday.

42.   Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos Horta, a leading Timorese independence activist, said he was told that voting will take place in early August.

43.   Nobel Peace Laureate Jose Ramos Horta and other East Timor independence activists have called for a U.N. peacekeeping force to be sent to East Timor immediately.

44.   Nobel Peace Laureate and East Timorese independence activist Jose Ramos Horta has claimed that the Indonesian government has deliberately withheld food and medical supplies from East Timor.

45.   Norbu said protests would continue until the United Nations intervenes in the dispute between China and Tibetan independence activists.

46.   Representatives of the National Union of Students, trade unions, community and church groups and East Timorese independence activists spoke at the rally.

47.   Roadblocks were set up on highways and witnesses said departing independence activists were turned back.

48.   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.

49.   Ramos-Horta resides in Sydney, Australia, but visits Lisbon frequently to maintain contact with the community of Timorese independence activists.

50.   Puerto Rican independence activist comes home after decade in U.S.