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	Xanana Gusmao hero file
		Gusmao is educated at the Jesuit mission of Nossa Senhora di Fatima at Dare in the hills overlooking Dili.
		Gusmao is elected to the Fretilin Central Committee.
		Gusmao is reaffirmed by acclamation as leader of the East Timorese resistance and president of CNRT.
	www.moreorless.au.com /heroes/gusmao.html (4938 words)

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		Jose Alexandre Gusmao was born on the 20th of June, 1946 in the town of Manatuto on the island of Timor.
		In 1992 Gusmao was arrested by the Indonesian military in Dili.
		On the 14th of April, 2002, Xanana Gusmao was elected president of East Timor in a landslide.
	x1.shoutclub.net /celeb.php/471783 (389 words)

	ABC Radio National - Background Briefing: 19 November 2000 - Xanana Gusmao
		Xanana Gusmao is speaking in Portuguese, with an interpreter, and the journalist is Robert Domm.
		Xanana Gusmao: If there is some change, it was about my knowledge of the political, social, more political process in Indonesia, because when I was in the jungle, theoretically we knew that it was a regime, it was not the Indonesian people, theoretically, but we hated so much everything that came from Indonesia.
		Xanana Gusmao: In the congress, the CNRT congress held in August, what we noted was that the population sent a message to us that Fretilin and the UDT, these two parties, they have to go to the population to talk; they need explanation.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/bbing/stories/s215306.htm (4670 words)

	THE LEADERS
		Among the rebel leaders is Xanana Gusmao who was captured by Indonesian forces in 1996 and imprisoned in Jakarta.
		President Jose Alexandre 'Xanana' Gusmao, Timor Leste's first chief executive, was born in Laleia, Manatuto in former East Timor on June 20, 1946.
		Xanana joined the Fretilin (Revolutionary Front for Independence in East Timor) opposition party and escaped to the mountains to fight a war of resistance against the Indonesian authorities.
	www.the-leaders.org /library/03.html (835 words)

	Xanana Gusmao (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Gusmao was a civil servant in the Department of Forestry and Agriculture.
		In 1986, Xanana and his colleagues in the mountains created the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM) which is the umbrella organisation against Indonesian rule in East Timor.(This includes FRETILIN, FALINTIL, the Catholic Church, and UDT) Xanana became the Chairman of CNRM and Commander-in-chief of FALINTIL.
		Xanana is married with one daughter and one son.
	www.freedom.tp /people/xanana.htm (512 words)

	Pravda.RU:East Timor: Xanana Gusmao President
		Xanana Gusmao, a 56-year-old poet, who spent half his life in the mountains of his country fighting the Indonesian Armed Forces, is a reluctant politician.
		Jose Alexandre Gusmao, guerrilla name Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, led the resistance force, FALINTIL, against the Indonesians until he was captured and imprisoned in Jakarta on 20th November 1992, one year after the massacre at the cemetery of Santa Cruz (November 12th, 1991).
		Xanana Gusmao is officially elected interim President today, Sunday 14th April 2002, until East Timor is officially declared an independent state on 20th May. East Timor's 700,000 inhabitants, who have survived various attempts at genocide by the Indonesian Armed Forces, will support their new President with unwavering loyalty, he who gave them their homeland.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/04/15/27605_.html (514 words)

	CNN.com - Xanana Gusmao: East Timor's reluctant leader - May 16, 2002
		For many East Timorese, Gusmao is a living legend and held the position of the de facto leader of East Timor well before the April 14 presidential election.
		Gusmao's massive popularity has its roots in East Timor's long struggle for independence when he led a band of poorly equipped fighters against Indonesian rule.
		Gusmao's supporters, however, argue that he is the only person in the territory capable of uniting East Timor to face the challenges of the future while helping to heal the wounds of its bloody past.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/04/16/pres.gusmao.profile/index.html (677 words)

	Astrology Software for Research - Xanana Gusmao - astrology chart
		Gusmao writes that he grew up to the groans of prisoners being whipped in public by Portuguese colonialists.
		Gusmao joined the resistance, fleeing into the mists of the heavily forested mountains that run the length of the island.
		Gusmao was transferred to a nearby house and Sword became his secretary.
	www.astrodatabank.com /nm/GusmaoXananaPRT.htm (716 words)

	BBC - BBC Four Profile - Xanana Gusmao
		Poet and writer Gusmao was forced to take his place in the mountains with other guerrilla fighters, where his skills made him a natural chief.
		Gusmao, intent on reconciliation, not revenge, has baffled many with his belief that "keeping alive the wounds will not cure the trouble".
		For Xanana Gusmao, this means putting off for another day the time he has "the right to be myself" when he can concentrate properly on pumpkin farming.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/documentaries/profile/gusmao.shtml (419 words)

	Gusmao-E
		Gusmao has traveled widely in East Timor with the stated purpose of persuading communities to forgive the militias and to understand their actions in the context of decades of abuse and social manipulation.
		Gusmao has stressed that he supports accountability for past crimes and has not categorically opposed the use of formal criminal prosecutions as a means by which to deliver justice.
		Gusmao has stated that he would accept criminal prosecutions against himself as central commander of Fretilin, although has tended to respond to questioning on the issue of Fretilin/Falintil crimes by advocating that they apologise (as opposed to face justice) for past acts.
	www.easttimor-reconciliation.org /Gusmao_Justice-E.htm (1556 words)

	Pravda.RU:Timor Loro Sae: Xanana Gusmao presidential candidate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The historic leader of the East Timorese resistance, Xanana Gusmao, whose heroic stand against the armed forces of Indonesia led to his country's independence, is to stand as a candidate for the presidency of Timor Loro Sae, formerly East Timor.
		Xanana Gusmao presents himself as an independent candidate, thus distancing himself from the political in-fighting for the time being hidden in Timor Loro Sae.
		With less than ten thousand guerrillas, Xanana Gusmao held out in the mountains until he was captured in 1992 and taken to prison in Jakarta.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/02/24/26629_.html (367 words)

	Xanana Gusmão Relationships plus Xanana Gusmão and You
		Xanana Gusmão frequently withdraws from contact with the world, and needs a healing, peaceful environment in order to blossom and come out of his.
		Xanana Gusmão takes offense rather quickly and his instincts are to fight, defend or act first, and ask questions later.
		Xanana Gusmão seems to be too critical of himself and tends to generate distance from others.
	www.topsynergy.com /famous/Xanana_Gusmao.asp (938 words)

	Interview with Xanana Gusmao
		Gusmao was moved from an Indonesian prison to house arrest in Jakarta this past month, after Indonesia announced a reversal in its policy towards East Timor, and said that it would consider granting independence to the occupied territory.
		In 1992, the Indonesian army captured Xanana Gusmao [and] sentenced him to life in prison, a term which was later commuted to twenty years.
		Xanana Gusmao: We have concluded that it is [Indonesian] military intelligence.
	www.etan.org /news/news1/interv.htm (2169 words)

	[28 Sep 1999]: PRESS CONFERENCE ON EAST TIMOR BY XANANA GUSMAO AND JOSE RAMOS HORTA
		Gusmao said it had promised to contribute to the greatest possible extent to pacifying East Timor and repatriating refugees.
		Gusmao said 7,000 troops were enough, but their deployment must be expedited.
		Gusmao said the plan was to assess the needs on the ground in October and to determine the cost of reconstruction and development planning.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/1999/19990928.etimor.doc.html (1789 words)

	The president behind the nation \| csmonitor.com
		Xanana recognized that Fretilin was driving an ideological wedge between his supporters and the rest of East Timor.
		Xanana was born in the sleepy town of Manututo, one of nine children.
		Xanana appears leery of his iconic stature at home, which would veer close to a personality cult if not for his regular-guy approach.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0520/p06s01-woap.html (1203 words)

	Xanana gives ultimatum to Fretilin
		While Gusmao is revered as a national hero for leading East Timor's guerrillas against the Indonesians, few East Timorese knew Alkatiri when he was elected by the ruling Fretilin party to the prime minister's post in 2002.
		Gusmao said he had lost confidence in Alkatiri after seeing a documentary purporting to show evidence the prime minister had been involved in arming a hit squad tasked with assassinating his rivals.
		President Xanana Gusmao has now said that he will submit his own resignation to Parliament unless Mr Alkatiri took responsibility for the ongoing clashes between military troops and the police that have left at least 30 people dead.
	www.unmiset.org /UNMISETWebSite.nsf/cce478c23e97627349256f0a003ee127/11d3065b4d7a7351492571970001e00e?OpenDocument (7450 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		Xanana seems totally at ease in front of the camera, and one gets the impression that much of what was filmed was done in one take.
		Xanana introduces us to a young women with a nasty scar across her nose, the result of a vicious swipe with a machete.
		Xanana is currently in town as a guest of JiFFest to watch a special screening of the film in the company of Indonesian government and military officials past and present, diplomats from many countries, UN representatives, business, religious and civil society leaders, Timorese resident in Indonesia and others.
	thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20061216.B09 (710 words)

	FAETTA / Sarah Niner: Biography of Mr Xanana Gusmao
		Xanana found himself in the unenviable position of being responsible for the reorganization of the resistance.
		Xanana was captured in a secret underground bunker in Dili on November 20, 1992 by the Indonesian armed forces and imprisoned in Bali, Jakarta and Dili until his trial in February 1993.
		Xanana Gusmão was released from house arrest on 7 September 1999 and fled to Australia.
	members.pcug.org.au /~wildwood/01octxanana.htm (1593 words)

	East Timor president faces first challenge: parliament \| csmonitor.com
		While Xanana was transforming himself from a seminary student and would-be poet into a guerrilla leader of tactical brilliance, a core group of exiles from the party were living abroad and planning their return.
		Friends say Xanana, who ran for president as an independent, is worried that Fretilin is so determined to claim the spoils of independence for itself that it is loosing sight of the risks to this tiny Pacific island nation.
		Xanana arrived with his 18-month old son in his arms at a beachside bar to deliver his victory speech.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0419/p07s02-woap.html (990 words)

	Xanana Gusmao: fighting for freedom with words
		One year ago, on May 21, the East Timorese resistance leader, Xanana Gusmao, was found guilty of plotting against the Indonesian state and illegal possession of firearms, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
		Xanana was born in 1946 and baptised Jose Alexandre Gusmao.
		In 1978 Xanana became leader of the armed resistance, and in 1981 he was elected president of Fretilin.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/1994/144/144p19.htm (1691 words)

	XANANA GUSMAO - JAKARTA
		Gusmao, the Indonesian president pledged to help rebuild East Timor, which was ravaged by anti- independence militia groups in September.
		Gusmao's first visit to the Indonesian capital since he was released from seven-years of prison and house arrest in September.
		Gusmao fought Indonesian troops in the East Timorese jungle for 17-years before he was arrested in 1992 and sentenced to 20-years in prison.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/1999/11/991130-timor1.htm (413 words)

	Asia Pacific - Programs - EAST TIMOR: Gusmao to postpone retirement for stability
		East Timor's outgoing President, Xanana Gusmao, says the crisis in the country has forced him to put aside notions of retiring when his presidency ends in May. He says he wants to be the next Prime Minister and break the grip of the dominant Fretilin party.
		GUSMAO: I don't know, I don't know, my achievement is not a big one but actually was to try to avoid out state fail, at least this one is an achievement.
		GUSMAO: We want to change everything, CNRT is to remember then that not only Fretilin has history, to remind them who led them to the liberation of the country, and if they continue to trust in them to liberate the people from all of this disaster.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /asiapac/programs/s1886254.htm (731 words)

	Bikeman's Amazing Venture!
		Almost as certain is that Gusmao will become the first leader of the world’s newest nation.
		Gusmao, 53, is from a family that was well off under the Portuguese rule in colonial East Timor.
		Gusmao showed a gift for language, although he often jokes about his feeble English, and is a determined student.
	www.gluckman.com /Gusmao.html (1240 words)

	East Timor: Open Letter to Habibie - Free Xanana Gusmao Now!
		Already Xanana has become the "Nelson Mandela of South East Asia." While the previous offer of a non-negotiable autonomy of the Habibie government has been virtually rejected, there is need for the East Timorese to all the more speak in unison and negotiate their tortuous path to self-determination.
		Xanana Gusmao, who is the President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance, is the best person to lead them in this agonizing chapter of their national life.
		Xanana Gusmao is the recognized leader of East Timor.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/1999/65 (670 words)

	Why Xanana Gusmao wept in Alexander Downer's arms - World - smh.com.au
		WHEN East Timor's President, Xanana Gusmao, received Australia's Alexander Downer on Saturday in his office in the Palace of the Ashes, the humiliation of his country's collapse overcame him.
		Gusmao, the charismatic warrior-poet who led East Timor's guerilla resistance movement and spent seven years in an Indonesian jail, broke down in tears and wept openly.
		Gusmao was grateful to the man sitting before him, the representative of that power, but felt bitterly the failure of his nation.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/why-xanana-gusmao-wept-in-alexander-downers-arms/2006/06/04/1149359612972.html?from=rss (976 words)

	Asia Pacific - Programs - TIMOR: Xanana Gusmao announces new politcal party
		Xanana Gusmao has announced the formation of a new party.
		SNOWDON: Xanana Gusmao, who is yet to say if he will actually stand as a candidate for parliament.
		People cannot just simply forget President Xanana's, married for 24 years, leading the guerilla movment, leading the fight for his country, even though one individual says that Xanana is no good, but you can measure by any estimation that Xanana still gets the support of the people.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /asiapac/programs/s1883089.htm (722 words)

	PM - Xanana Gusmao visits Canberra
		COMPERE: The East Timorese resistance leaders and the country's first President came to Canberra today where Xanana Gusmao was greeted with applause from Australian politicians from both sides of the House.
		KIM BEAZLEY: Xanana may not know that it is unprecedented for applause like that to break out in this Chamber on the introduction of a person to the House.
		XANANA GUSMAO: We feel, not we feel, we knew, from the beginning of our difficult struggle that the Australian people was with us sharing our pain, our suffering.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s59493.htm (603 words)

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