Police guard ballot boxes

Police guard ballot boxes

DILI, East Timor - An Indonesian policeman guards ballot boxes brought from throughout East Timor to a counting site in Dili on Aug. 31. East Timorese voted the previous day on whether to accept autonomy under Indonesia in a U.N.-sponsored referendum.

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