Defense Minister Holds Talks With Rebel Leader
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From Times Wire Reports
East Timor’s defense minister met with a leader of rebel soldiers to discuss the country’s security and political crisis, the ministry said.
The announcement came after mobs set fire to houses and looted a warehouse, and President Jose Alexandre Gusmao tearfully pleaded with his countrymen to stop burning their capital.
Defense Minister Jose Ramos-Horta met Alfredo Reinado, a former military police commander, at his camp in Maubisse, the ministry said.
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