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EAST TIMOR – UN – Destruction – Food Drops – China State Visit – Clinton Dinner Date
EAST TIMOR – UN: The UN Security Council could pass a resolution within 24 hours to allow a international force to use force to achieve peace in East Timor. A force of around 8000 is expected to be approved.
EAST TIMOR – DESTRUCTION: There is growing evidence that the Indonesian military and militias are using the delay in peacekeeper arrival to continue to destroy Dili and other cities in East Timor.
EAST TIMOR – FOOD DROPS: The UNHCR have criticised the military for not enabling food drops to the refugees. Australia says it will begin air-drops of food-aid unilaterally tomorrow. They could not start today as all available aircraft were busy with an evacuation.
CHINA STATE VISIT: Sensitivity over a “free Tibet” protest in Christchurch delayed Chinese President Jiang Zemin’s arrival for dinner.
PRESIDENT CLINTON: President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton dined last night with actors Tem Morrison, Chris O’Donnell and Lucy Lawless in Queenstown. He will leave tonight.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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