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Timor was divided into two parts. The East, and the West side. The East was taken by Portugal and the West was taken for Indonesia. The definitive border was drawn by the Hague in 1916.
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Different Timorese groups disagreed wether to integrate into Indonesia or to be indipendant. This caused conflict between the two sides.
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Indonesia decides to take East Timor as its 27th province.
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The people who supported Indipendence started fighting the Indonesian government.
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Thousands of Pro-Indipendance supporters gathered at the Santa Cruz cemetary. They were then killed by the Indonesian government.
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The indipendance leader of East Timor was captured by the Indonesian government. The leader was jailed for life for subversion.
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The international community, through the United Nations, made an ageement with Indonesia on a politicol settlement on East Timor.
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Polls are held on wether to be independent from Indonesia or not. 78.5 % of the voters voted for Indipendance.
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East Timor is officially recognized as an indipendant state.
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The Portogeese government declared their intention to withdraw from East Timor. Politicol parties were legalized and in 1975 East Timor declared the territories indipendance.
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The leaders of the East Timorese indipendance movement, were awarded the Nobel prize.
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Militias against indipendance attack pro-indipendance supporters.