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 DILI, East Timor (AP) - Gangs of young men hurled rocks at a camp housing refugees and torched buildings in East Timor's capital Wednesday as violence erupted between supporters and opponents of the recently ousted prime minister.
Australian peacekeepers forced 100 youths away from the camp, which houses hundreds of people who fled clashes last month. The attackers claimed armed supporters of ousted Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri were inside.
Sporadic gun shots rang out, and 20 houses and a half dozen shops torched elsewhere, sending black clouds of smoke rising over the capital, Dili.
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