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FILE - Australian soldiers disarm a man of a knife during a sweep of a suburb in Dili, East Timor, on June 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

FILE - Australian soldiers disarm a man of a knife during a sweep of a suburb in Dili, East Timor, on June 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

East Timorese police officers stand guard near a banner depicting people queuing up to give their votes in the 1999 referendum, during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the vote for the country's independence from Indonesia in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

East Timorese police officers stand guard near a banner depicting people queuing up to give their votes in the 1999 referendum, during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the vote for the country's independence from Indonesia in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

East Timor's Prime Minister and former independence fighter Xanana Gusmao walks past a banner depicting people queuing up to give their votes in the 1999 referendum, during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the country's vote for independence in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

East Timor's Prime Minister and former independence fighter Xanana Gusmao walks past a banner depicting people queuing up to give their votes in the 1999 referendum, during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the country's vote for independence in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

FILE - An East Timorese fisherman paddles past beach side graves of those killed in the violence leading up to East Timor's independence in Maubara, west of Dili, East Timor, on Sept. 1, 2000. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - An East Timorese fisherman paddles past beach side graves of those killed in the violence leading up to East Timor's independence in Maubara, west of Dili, East Timor, on Sept. 1, 2000. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of East Timor's referendum for independence in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of East Timor's referendum for independence in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

FILE - An East Timorese woman with a young child stands in front of homes destroyed in the violence following the vote for independence in Dili, East Timor, on Oct. 18, 1999. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - An East Timorese woman with a young child stands in front of homes destroyed in the violence following the vote for independence in Dili, East Timor, on Oct. 18, 1999. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

East Timor's Prime Minister and former independence fighter Xanana Gusmao gestures as he delivers his speech during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the country's referendum for independence, in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

East Timor's Prime Minister and former independence fighter Xanana Gusmao gestures as he delivers his speech during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the country's referendum for independence, in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

East Timorese dancers perform during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the referendum that led to the country's independence from Indonesia, in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

East Timorese dancers perform during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the referendum that led to the country's independence from Indonesia, in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, center, is flanked by East Timorese President Ramos Horta, left, and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, right, as they attend the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the referendum that led to the country's independence from Indonesia, in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, center, is flanked by East Timorese President Ramos Horta, left, and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, right, as they attend the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the referendum that led to the country's independence from Indonesia, in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)