East Timorese pro-Indonesian militia leader Eurico Guterres waves as he sits in a Jakarta courtroom January 9, 2001. Guterres, on trial for violence in Indonesian West Timor, is also being investigated over separate bloodshed carried out by the militias in East Timor before the territory voted to break from Jakarta's rule in August 1999. 

East Timorese pro-Indonesian militia leader Eurico Guterres raises his fists as his supporters carry him out of a Jakarta court after his trial was adjourned January 9, 2001. Guterres, on trial for violence in Indonesian West Timor, is also being investigated over separate bloodshed carried out by the militias in East Timor before the territory voted to break from Jakarta's rule in August 1999. 

East Timorese pro-Indonesian militia leader Eurico Guterres raises his fists as his supporters carry him out of a Jakarta court after his trial was adjourned January 9, 2001. Guterres, on trial for violence in Indonesian West Timor, is also being investigated over separate bloodshed carried out by the militias in East Timor before the territory voted to break from Jakarta's rule in August 1999.

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East Timorese pro-Indonesian militia leader Eurico Guterres waves as he sits in a Jakarta courtroom January 9, 2001. Guterres, on trial for violence in Indonesian West Timor, is also being investigated over separate bloodshed carried out by the militias in East Timor before the territory voted to break from Jakarta's rule in August 1999.

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Supporters of East Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres are checked for weapons before entering a Jakarta courtroom January 2, 2001. The 27-year old Guterres, who heads the feared Aitarak militia, was accused today of inciting a rampage in September which forced two United Nations workers to flee West Timor. Guterres is also being investigated over the bloodshed before and after East Timor's vote for independence from Indonesia.

DW/CP 

An Australian soldier serving with the United Nations in East Timor stamps the hand of a young East Timorese refugee at the Motaain border checkpoint with Indonesian West Timor December 11, 2000. More than 120,000 East Timorese have been stuck in refugee camps on the border, herded there over a year ago by pro-Jakarta militia who, with the backing of Indonesian troops, went on a campaign of destruction after the tiny territory voted to end 23 years of brutal Indonesian rule.

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The leader of a United Nations Security Council mission Namibian ambassador Martin Andjaba (L) speaks as Indonesian Foreign Minister Alwi (R) looks on during a news conference at the foreign ministry in Jakarta, November 17, 2000. A U.N. Security Council delegation visited Timor and Indonesia after pro-Jakarta militias butchered three United Nations workers in September in West Timor. The mission said it was vital that Indonesia rein in the militias and restore security so aid workers could return to help Timorese refugees go home.

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NAMIBIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL MARTIN ANDJABA SHAKES HAND WITH INDONESIA'S CHIEF POLITIC AND SECURITY MINISTER SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO IN JAKARTA.


Namibian Ambassador to the U.N. Security Council Martin Andjaba (R) shakes hand with Indonesia's Chief politics and security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) after meeting in Jakarta on November 16,2000. Andjaba is leading a 21-strong UN Security Council team to Jakarta after visiting both Indonesian WestTimor and UN administered East Timor in an attempt to pave the way for the United Nations High Commision for Refugees (UNHCR) and other aid agencies returning to West Timor. 

INDONESIAN VICE PRESIDENT MEGAWATI GREETS NAMIBIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MARTIN ANDJABA IN JAKARTA.


Namibian Ambassador to the U.N. Security Council Martin Andjaba (R) is greeted by Indonesian Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri at the vice presidential palace in Jakarta November 16, 2000. Andjaba is leading a 21-strong UN Security Council team to Jakarta after visiting both Indonesian West Timor and UN administered East Timor in an attempt to pave the way for the United Nations High Commision for Refugees (UNHCR) and other aid agencies returning to West Timor. 

Indonesian notorious pro-Jakarta militia leader Eurico Guterres waves as he arrives for a news conference at a police headquarters in Jakarta October 6, 2000. Guterres was arrested on Wednesday for suspected involvement in the sacking of a United Nations office in West Timor last month. 

Indonesian notorious pro-Jakarta militia leader Eurico Guterres reacts during a news conference at a police headquarters in Jakarta October 6, 2000. Guterres was arrested on Wednesday for suspected involvement in the sacking of a United Nations office in West Timor last month.

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Indonesian notorious pro-Jakarta militia leader Eurico Guterres waves as he arrives for a news conference at a police headquarters in Jakarta October 6, 2000. Guterres was arrested on Wednesday for suspected involvement in the sacking of a United Nations office in West Timor last month.

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An East Timorese young girl refugee carries containers for fetching drinking water at the refugee camps outside Kupang city, West Timor October 1, 2000. More than 1,000 soldiers and police headed to East Timorese refugee camps in Indonesian West Timor to search for illegal weapons. Jakarta is under fierce international pressure to disarm and disband the militias, who slaughtered three foreign U.N. aid workers and several local residents in West Timor border town of Atambua three weeks ago. 

East Timorese women queue to get water at the refugee camps outside the Kupang city, West Timor October 1, 2000. More than 1,000 soldiers and police headed to East Timorese refugee camps in Indonesian West Timor to search for illegal weapons. Jakarta is under fierce international pressure to disarm and disband the militias, who slaughtered three foreign U.N. aid workers and several local residents in West Timor border town of Atambua three weeks ago.

PRI/HL 

An East Timorese young girl refugee carries containers for fetching drinking water at the refugee camps outside Kupang city, West Timor October 1, 2000. More than 1,000 soldiers and police headed to East Timorese refugee camps in Indonesian West Timor to search for illegal weapons. Jakarta is under fierce international pressure to disarm and disband the militias, who slaughtered three foreign U.N. aid workers and several local residents in West Timor border town of Atambua three weeks ago.

PRI/HL 

An East Timorese young boy refugee takes a shower in the refugee camps outside the Kupang city, West Timor October 1, 2000. More than 1,000 soldiers and police headed to East Timorese refugee camps in Indonesian West Timor to search for illegal weapons. Jakarta is under fierce international pressure to disarm and disband the militias, who slaughtered three foreign U.N. aid workers and several local residents in West Timor border town of Atambua three weeks ago.

PRI/HL 

Notorious militia leader Eurico Guterres (L) checks his handgun before surrendering it to the police at the police headquarters in the city of Kupang, West Timor September 30, 2000. The senior U.N. official in East Timor rebuked Indonesia on Friday for hesitation and prevarication in moving against violent gangs he said should be disarmed, broken up and their leaders arrested. 

Notorious pro-Jakarta Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres hands over in his weapon at the police headquarters in Kupang, West Timors as seen in this September 30, 2000 file photo. Indonesian police have arrested Guterres over weapoms offences, national police chief General Suroyo Bimantoro said on Wednesday.

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Notorious militia leader Eurico Guterres (C) speaks to journalists at the police headquarters in the city of Kupang, West Timor in this September 30, 2000 file photo. Guterres, whom Jakarta hopes to arrest over suspected links to violence which led to the murder of three U.N. workers, on Saturday offered to surrender.

PRI/HL 

Notorious militia leader Eurico Guterres (L) checks his handgun before surrendering it to the police at the police headquarters in the city of Kupang, West Timor in this September 30, 2000 file photo. Guterres, whom Jakarta hopes to arrest over suspected links to violence which led to the murder of three U.N. workers, on Saturday offered to surrender.

PRI/HL 

INDONESIAN SOLDIER LOOKS FOR WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE OF PRO-JAKARTA MILITIA LEADER EURICO GUTERRES IN KUPANG.


An Indonesian soldier uses a metal detector to search for weapon in the house of militia leader Eurico Guterres as his wife Aguida Guterres (L) watches in the West Timorese city of Kupang September 30, 2000. Indonesia on Thursday effectively extended a deadline for Timorese militias to give up their guns, risking an international backlash over its failure to rein in the thuggish gangs. More than 1,000 soldiers and police headed to East Timorese refugee camps in Indonesia West Timor to search for weapons. 

AN IDNONESIAN SOLDIER SHOWING BULLETS AFTER FOUND DURING SWEEPING WEAPONS AT REFUGEES CAMP OUTSIDE KUPANG.


An Indonesian soldier displays bullets found in refugees camps near the West Timorese city of Kupang September 30, 2000. Indonesia on Thursday effectively extended a deadline for Timorese militias to give up their guns, risking an international backlash over its failure to rein in the thuggish gangs. More than 1,000 soldiers and police headed to East Timorese refugee camps, from which the militias are believed to be operating, in Indonesia West Timor to search for weapons. 

Notorious militia leader Eurico Guterres (C) speaks to journalists after surrendering his handgun to the police at the police headquarters in the city of Kupang, West Timor September 30, 2000. The senior U.N. official in East Timor rebuked Indonesia on Friday for hesitation and prevarication in moving against violent gangs he said should be disarmed, broken up and their leaders arrested.

PRI/HL 

Notorious militia leader Eurico Guterres (L) checks his handgun before surrendering it to the police at the police headquarters in the city of Kupang, West Timor September 30, 2000. The senior U.N. official in East Timor rebuked Indonesia on Friday for hesitation and prevarication in moving against violent gangs he said should be disarmed, broken up and their leaders arrested.

PRI/HL 

Indonesian policemen search for illegal weapons inside the refugee camp near the city of Kupang, West Timor, September 29, 2000. Washington and the World Bank have warned that foreign aid propping up Indonesia could be cut if Jakarta did not disband and disarm the militias, which have been operating from camps housing 120,000 East Timorese refugees near the border with U.N.-run East Timor.

PRI/HL 

An Indonesian policeman uses a metal detector to search for illegal weapons inside the refugee camp near the city of Kupang, West Timor, September 29, 2000. Washington and the World Bank have warned that foreign aid propping up Indonesia could be cut if Jakarta did not disband and disarm the militias, which have been operating from camps housing 120,000 East Timorese refugees near the border with U.N.-run East Timor.

PRI/HL 

An East Timorese watches as Indonesian soldiers and police search for illegal weapons while patroling her refugee camp near the city of Kupang, West Timor, September 29, 2000. Washington and the World Bank have warned that foreign aid propping up Indonesia could be cut if Jakarta did not disband and disarm the militias, which have been operating from camps housing 120,000 East Timorese refugees near the border with U.N.-run East Timor.

PRI/HL/JD 

An East Timorese youth looks at Indonesian police searching for illegal weapons inside the refugee camp near the city of Kupang, West Timor, September 29, 2000. Washington and the World Bank have warned that foreign aid propping up Indonesia could be cut if Jakarta did not disband and disarm the militias, which have been operating from camps housing 120,000 East Timorese refugees near the border with U.N.-run East Timor.

PRI/HL 

Young East Timorese refugees watch an Indonesian soldier standing guard in front of their camp while police search for illegal weapons inside their refugee camp near the city of Kupang, West Timor, September 29, 2000. Washington and the World Bank have warned that foreign aid propping up Indonesia could be cut if Jakarta did not disband and disarm the militias, which have been operating from camps housing 120,000 East Timorese refugees near the border with U.N.-run East Timor.

PRI/HL/JD 

Indonesian police and soldiers search for illegal weapons while patroling an East Timorese refugee camp near the city of Kupang, West Timor, September 29, 2000. Washington and teh World Bank have warned that foreign aid propping up Indonesia could be cut if Jakarta did not disband and disarm the militias, which have been operating from camps housing 120,000 East Timorese refugees near the border with U.N.-run East Timor.

PRI/JD 

An Indonesian policeman checks his weapon at the police headquarters in Atambua, West Timor September 28, 2000 before going on duty. Indonesia on Thursday effectively extended a deadline for Timorese militias to give up their guns, risking an international backlash over its failure to rein in the thuggish gangs. 

Pro-Jakarta militia members hold their rifles before surrendering them to the local police in Atambua, West Timor September 28, 2000. Indonesia on Thursday effectively extended a deadline for Timorese militias to give up their guns, risking an international backlash over its failure to rein in the thuggish gangs.

PRI/HL 

Indonesian police check their weapons at the police headquarters in Atambua, West Timor September 28, 2000 before going on duty. Indonesia on Thursday effectively extended a deadline for Timorese militias to give up their guns, risking an international backlash over its failure to rein in the thuggish gangs.

PRI/HL 

An Indonesian police checks his weapon at the police headquarters in Atambua, West Timor September 28, 2000 before going on duty. Indonesia on Thursday effectively extended a deadline for Timorese militias to give up their guns, risking an international backlash over its failure to rein in the thuggish gangs.

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An Indonesian policeman checks a rifle after it was surrendered by pro-Jakarta militias at a police station in Atambua, West Timor September 28, 2000. Indonesia on Thursday effectively extended a deadline for Timorese militias to give up their guns, risking an international backlash over its failure to rein in the thuggish gangs.

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Pro-Jakarta militiamen surrender allegedly their last six riffles to the local police in Atambua, West Timor September 28, 2000. Indonesia on Thursday effectively extended a deadline for Timorese militias to give up their guns, risking an international backlash over its failure to rein in the thuggish gangs.

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Pro-Jakarta militia members surrender thier riffles to the local police in Atambua, West Timor September 28, 2000. Indonesia on Thursday effectively extended a deadline for Timorese militias to give up their guns, risking an international backlash over its failure to rein in the thuggish gangs.

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Indonesian security forces examine homemade weapons handed over by pro-Jakarta militiamen at a police headquarters in Atambua, West Timor September 27, 2000. Indonesia's military said it was ready to arrest violent pro-Jakarta militiamen in West Timor if they ignored a Wednesday deadline to hand over their weapons.

PRI/HL 

Indonesian security forces examine homemade weapons handed over by pro-Jakarta militiamen at a police headquarters in Atambua, West Timor September 27, 2000. Indonesia's military said it was ready to arrest violent pro-Jakarta militiamen in West Timor if they ignored a Wednesday deadline to hand over their weapons.

PRI/HL 

Notorious militia leader Euriko Guterres speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kupang in the Weat Timor capital September 26, 2000. Guterres on Tuesday warned he would bring out thousands of supporters to occupy the provincial police headquarters next week unless he was told why the militias had to give up their guns.

PRI/HL 

New Indonesian police chief General Suroyo Bimantoro (L), Indonesia's chief political minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) and Indonesian Armed Forces Chief Admiral Widodo Adi Sutjipto wait for the start of the installation ceremony for Suroyo at the Palace in Jakarta September 23, 2000. Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid on Saturday angrily criticised police for releasing suspects in the murder of U.N. aid workers in West Timor, saying it would further damage the country's image.

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Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (C) walks with the new police chief General Suroyo Bimantoro (R) after an installation ceremony at the Palace in Jakarta September 23, 2000. Wahid on Saturday angrily criticised the police for releasing suspects in a probe into the murder of U.N. aid workers in West Timor, saying it would further damage the country's image.

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Family of Croatian U.N. worker Pero Simundja remove flags from coffin during the funeral ceremony at Split cementary, September 21, 2000. Three UNHCR workers, Croatia's Pero Simundza, Ethiopia's Samson Aregahegn and Puerto Rico's Carlos Caceres-Calas, were killed by pro-Indonesian military gangs in West Timor.

MB/JRE 

United Nations employees carry placards September 21, 2000 to protest the recent killing of three U.N. workers in West Timor and another one in Guinea. The U.N. condemned the escalating deaths of unarmed aid workers and called on all governments to guarantee security for its employees.

GM/WS 

A United Nations employee carries a placard September 21, 2000 to protest against the recent killing of three U.N. workers in West Timor and another one in Guinea. The U.N. condemned the escalating deaths of unarmed aid workers and called on all governments to guarantee security for its employees.

GM/CRB 

United Nations resident coordinator in India, Brenda Gael McSweeney, pays tribute to three dead colleagues at a memorial service in New Delhi September 21, 2000. Members of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees were condoling the death of three of their colleagues in West Timor and one in Macenta, Guinea, while they were working on humanitarian projects.

KK/HL/JD 

AN INDONESIAN PROTESTER HOLDS PICTURE OF PRESIDENT ABDURRAHMAN WAHID DURING AN ANTI AMERICA PEOTEST IN JAKARTA.


An Indonesian protester sits near a picture of President Abdurrahman Wahid during a protest against the United States outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta September 19,2000. The demonstrators were demanding that the United States stop what they called interference in Indonesia over the East Timor issue. U.S. Defence Minister William Cohen told Indonesia on Monday to disband violent militias operating in West Timor, but Jakarta retorted that Washington was partly to blame for the problem. 

An Indonesian protester smokes while holding a placard denouncing U.S. President Clinton during a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta September 19,2000. The protestors were demanding that the United States stop what they called interference in Indonesia over the East Timor issue. U.S. Defence Minister William Cohen told Indonesia on Monday to disband violent militias operating in West Timor, but Jakarta retorted that Washington was partly to blame for the problem.

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United States Secretary of Defence William Cohen smiles as he answers questions before departing Indonesia at Halim airport in Jakarta Spetember 18, 2000. Cohen warned Indonesia that international help to repair its broken economy could be at risk if it did not bring pro-Jakarta militias operating in West Timor under control.

DW/JD 

US DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN PAYS A COURTESY CALL TO INDONESIAN PRESIDENT ABDURRAHMAN WAHID IN JAKARTA.


U.S. Defence Secretary William Cohen (R) greets Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid when the former paid a courtesy call in Jakarta September 18, 2000. Cohen said Indonesia understood pro-Jakarta militias in West Timor needed to be disbanded, adding only a commitment to do so would led to restoration of military ties with Washington. 

U.S. DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN ACCOMPANIED BY HIS INDONESIAN COUNTERPART MAHFUD MD MEET IN JAKARTA.


U.S. Defence Secretary William Cohen (L) and his Indonesian counterpart Mahfud M.D. receive an honour guard before they held a meeting in Jakarta's military headquarters September 18,2000. Mahfud M.D. on Monday said the United States was partly to blame for violent pro-Jakarta militias operating on the West Timor border because Indonesia lacked the equipment to deal with them. 

U.S. DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN ACCOMPANIED BY HIS INDONESIAN COUNTERPART MAHFUD MD MEET IN JAKARTA.


U.S. Defence Secretary William Cohen (R) accompanied by his Indonesian counterpart Mahfud MD arrives for a meetin Jakarta September 18, 2000. Cohen arrived on Sunday and warned that the country risked international isolation if it failed to eliminate pro-Jakarta militias in strife-torn West Timor. 

U.S. DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN ACCOMPANIED BY HIS INDONESIAN COUNTERPART MAHFUD MD INSPECT AN HONOUR GUARDS IN JAKARTA.


U.S. Defence Secretary William Cohen (R) accompanied by his Indonesian counterpart Mahfud MD inspects an honour guard in Jakarta September 18, 2000. Cohen arrived on Sunday and warned Indonesia that the country risked international isolation if it failed to eliminate pro-Jakarta militias in strife-torn West Timor. 

Indonesian students burn a flag outside the American consulate during a protest in Surabaya September 15, 2000. The students are protesting over what they considered western intervention in Indonesian domestic politics and are angry at western condemnation over the killing of three United Nations aid workers in Indonesian West Timor.

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Indonesian students attack the gates of the American consulate during a protest in Surabaya September 15, 2000. The students are protesting over what they considered western intervention in Indonesian domestic politics and are angry at western condemnation over the killing of three United Nations aid workers in Indonesian West Timor.

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Indonesian Defence Minister Mahfud M.D. attends a cabinet meeting in Jakarta September 12, 2000. Mahfud said on Tuesday the cabinet will refuse to meet a planned U.N. Security Council delegation to Jakarta over last week's murder of three U.N. international aid workers in West Timor.

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An Indonesian protester carries a placard during a demonstration outside the United Nations offices in Jakarta, September 12, 2000. Around two hundred protesters accused the U.N. and the U.S. of interfering in Indonesia's domestic affairs. Indonesia Defence Minister Mahfud M.D. said on Tuesday the cabinet will refuse to meet a planned U.N. Security Council delegation over last week's murder of three U.N. international aid workers in West Timor.

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Protesters waving the Indonesian flag stand outside the United Nations offices in Jakarta, September 12, 2000. Around two hundred protesters accused the U.N. and the U.S. of interfering in Indonesia's domestic affairs. Reflecting international anger over the recent murders of U.N. aid workers in West Timor, the U.N. Security Council demanded that Indonesia disarm and disband the pro-Jakarta militias immediately.

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Indonesian Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri speaks with cabinet's secretary Marsilam Simandjutak (R) September 12, 2000 during a cabinet meeting at the presidential office to discuss recent incident in Atambua in West Timor. Indonesian Police chief General Rusdihardjo said on Monday the country was ready to disarm the militias and had boosted security forces in Indonesian West Timor.

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East Timorese child plays at the Atapukan refugee camp, which houses about 8,000 displaced people, near Kupang September 11, 2000. Although many refugees have been repatriated, more than 100,000 remain in camps in West Timor. The United Nations warned on Sunday that thousands of refugees left helpless in West Timor by the evacuation of foreign aid workers were running out of food.