1.   Indonesian President B.J. Habibie, apparently moved to action by the groundswell of international criticism, signed an order early Tuesday imposing martial law in the disputed island territory.

2.   Scientists recently returned from a two-week expedition to the remote Caribbean island territory.

3.   The island territory in the Western Pacific is exempt from federal minimum wage and immigration laws.

4.   Whether it chooses independence or autonomy, East Timor is a tropical island territory with little joy.

5.   A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that residents of Puerto Rico cannot vote in presidential elections unless the island territory becomes a state or the Constitution is amended.

6.   A separate Defense Department report said North Korea was pursuing germ warfare research at universities and special centers and has tested biological weapons on its island territories.

7.   After World War II, the French government made a number of islands French territory, granting the residents all the privileges of people born in France.

8.   Australia is refusing entry to asylum seekers arriving by boat at its island territories between the mainland and Indonesia.

9.   Danish police have jurisdiction over the semi-independent island territory, which handles most affairs on its own except for foreign policy, defense and justice.

10.   Dozens of East Timorese have been killed in several areas across the half island territory in recent weeks.