Mission to Probe Killings Rejected
From Times Wire Reports
Indonesia rejected a U.N. Security Council plan to dispatch a mission to Indonesia and East Timor to investigate the resurgence of militia activity against U.N. workers and civilians, the Defense Ministry said. A mob of militiamen and supporters attacked an office of the U.N. refugee agency in the West Timor border town of Atambua last week, killing three foreign staffers and prompting about 400 aid workers to flee the Indonesian province.
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