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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to extend the U.N. mission in East Timor for a year and beef up the international police force ahead of upcoming elections.
Last week, East Timor's Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta urged the council to extend the mission in his volatile country for one year, saying the next months will be critical as the Pacific nation prepares for its first national elections on April 9.
The council responded Thursday by extending the mission until Feb. 26, 2008 and authorizing an additional 140 police to supplement the current force "particularly during the pre- and postelection period." The mission currently has about 1,300 international police.
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