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July 7th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The Saturday vote is also seen as a key test for East Timor to take full responsibility of its own security. The UN said that it would withdraw its peace keeping troops if the elections go smoothly.
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao faces a stiff challenge from the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor party’s candidate, Mari Alkatiri, as he seeks to extend his term in office.
Some 65 seats are up for grabs in the national parliament, but with 21 parties standing, a coalition government is a likely outcome.
East Timor is a half island country with a population of 1.1 million people. According to the World Bank, East Timor has the highest percentage of impoverished people in Asia.
In 1999, East Timor voted in a referendum to end 24 years of Indonesian rule, after a two-decade rebellion against Jakarta. Amnesty International says that 200,000 East Timorese were killed in the conflict.
However in 2006, an outbreak of gang violence prompted the United Nation’s Security Council to set up a new peacekeeping force in the country.
East Timor is blessed with oil and gas reserves, but living conditions there remain among the lowest in the Asia-Pacific region.
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