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Buried alive, the story of East Timor

Australia, 1989
film

In this film we see why the East Timor question is too important to go away. “The Story of East Timor” begins in a neglected corner of the Portugu..

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Death of a nation: the Timor conspiracy

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East Timor, Australia and Indonesia: a tortured triangle

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In cold blood : the massacre of East Timor

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Timor: island of fear, island of hope

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East Timor: birth of a nation

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Bitter paradise: The Sellout of East Timor

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Punitive damage

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Visitors in time

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Buried country

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