Nov. 12, 1991: Indonesian soldiers gun down hundreds of Timorese protesters in Dili's Santa Cruz Cemetery. Footage of the incident broadcast around the world galvanizes international opinion against the occupation.
1992: Rebel leader Xanana Gusmão is captured and later sentenced to life imprisonment in Jakarta's Cipinang prison.
1996: East Timor independence activists José Ramos-Horta and Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo jointly win the Nobel...
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