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Mobs set buildings on fire in East Timor
Aug 7 2007 3:19PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Hundreds of opposition loyalists torched buildings, attacked U.N. cars and threw rocks at police Tuesday as violence triggered by the appointment of a new prime minister spread beyond the capital, police and witnesses said. At least six people were wounded.
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Government defends plan on Aborigines
Aug 7 2007 7:59AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - The Australian government Tuesday introduced bills in Parliament to fight child sex abuse among Aborigines, in a plan condemned by critics as discriminatory and an attack on indigenous culture.
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