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Post-election violence persists in East Timor
AP – East Timor’s president called on security forces to restore peace and order Monday as violence persisted over the runner-up in this month’s election being excluded from a new coalition government. One person was killed and four policemen were injured in clashes Sunday in the capital, Dili, and the district town of Viqueque, said police chief Longuinhos Monteiro. On Monday, witnesses said they heard gunshots in a Dili neighborhood and that protesters there were burning tires. The violence started shortly after Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao said his party would set up a coalition with the Democratic Party and Frenti-Mudanca, excluding the Fretilin party from the government. Read article
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