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UN captures suspect in deadly minibus attack in Timor-Leste

The United Nations peacekeeping force (PKF) in Timor-Leste today captured a man suspected of involvement in the recent deadly attacks on vehicles near the border with West Timor.

Timor-Leste, not UN, indicts Indonesian general for war crimes

Contrary to published reports, Timor-Leste, and not the UN, has indicted former Indonesian military chief General Wiranto for his role in the violence surrounding the 1999 popular consultation on East Timorese independence, UN officials have stressed.

Timor-Leste: UN helping in probe of deadly attack on minibus

United Nations police and peacekeepers are helping authorities in Timor-Leste investigate an attack on vehicles near the border with West Timor today that left one passenger dead and three seriously injured.