Indonesia: January 3, 2001

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In West Timor, East Timorese refugees attacked a West Timor village and burned over a hundred houses. The attack was triggered by rumors that locals were attacking refugees. There is much tension between locals and refugees, who are seen as getting more aid than the West Timorese in the area. 

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