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On the recordSeptember 29, 1999
78.5 percent of the voters rejected an indonesian government plan for East Timor to receive a special autonomy arrangement within Indonesia.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois
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Sep 29, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the results of a U.N.-sponsored referendum in East Timor.

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