Jose Ramos-Horta, East Timor's defacto Foreign Minister and and Nobel
peace laureate, sits by a sign which reads "Stop the violence, Now " at
a polling station in Aileu, 48 km north of Dili, August 29, 2001. East
Timor goes to the polls on Thursday in its first democratic election
after centuries of colonial rule to choose an 88-member constituent
assembly that will prepare the tiny territory for independence next
year.

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