Voting booths being readied for E. Timor referendum

DILI, East Timor - Workers arrange voting booths in the East Timor capital Dili on Aug. 29 on the eve of the U.N.-organized referendum on the status of the former Portuguese colony. Results of the vote will be known around Sept. 7.

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