61.   However, East Timor independence activist Jose Ramos-Horta, joint winner of the Peace Prize, was absent.

62.   In both areas, the central government is being challenged by independence activists or Islamic militants.

63.   In both areas, the central government is being challenged by independence activists or Islamic mimlitants.

64.   Indonesian troops shot dead two alleged East Timorese independence activists in an ambush in Bobonaro, East Timor, on Wednesday, the local military spokesman said Friday.

65.   Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was awarded the Nobel prize on Friday with exiled East Timor independence activist Jose Ramos Horta.

66.   Belo shared the Nobel Peace Prize with exiled East Timorese independence activist Jose Ramos Horta.

67.   East Timor Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and independence activist Jose Ramos-Horta were awarded the Nobel peace prize this year for their efforts towards a settlement.

68.   East Timorese independence activists say the six were innocent villagers murdered in revenge for an earlier Fretilin attack on soldiers.

69.   The Tibet Daily, received Wednesday, warned independence activists.

70.   To show its displeasure and intimidate independence activists in Taiwan, Beijing held a series of war games including live missile firings in the Taiwan Straits earlier this year.