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      "date": "1999-11-05",
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      "title": "East Timor: Humanitarian Emergency and International Assistance",
      "summary": "Following a vote for independence from Indonesia on August 30, violence and property\ndestruction\nby anti-independence militias forced many East Timorese from their homes. \n(1)  Failure by the\nIndonesian military to contain the violence finally forced the Indonesian government to allow\ninternational intervention. INTERFET, the U.N. international force for East Timor began arriving\nthe weekend of September 18 and humanitarian workers came with them. The humanitarian\nprograms are still evolving as the population begins to return, and reconstruction needs are still being\nassessed. This short report provides background on the crisis, looks at the assistance needs, and the\nU.S. response. It will be updated as the situation develops.  (2) \n     1.  \u00a0For information on this crisis, see CRS report RS20332,\n East Timor Crisis: U.S. Policy and Options . For\ninformation on the U.S. military role, see CRS Issue Brief 94040,  Peacekeeping: Issues of U.S.\nMilitary\nInvolvement .\n  2.  \u00a0This report draws on information from several web sites which\nprovide daily updates on the situation in\nEast Timor. These include web sites of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees\n(www.unhcr.ch/news/media/timor/latest.htm) and the United Nation's Relief Web\n(www.reliefweb.int). U.S.\nAssistance reports, voluntary agency activities, press coverage, and U.N. situation reports are all\navailable\non the Reliefweb site.",
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