Ten years ago on August 30th the people of East Timor voted to split from Indonesia and become an independent nation. The initial exhilaration they experienced was soon followed by violent attacks from Indonesian militias, economic struggles and internal strife. As VOA's Brian Padden reports from the capital of Dili, a decade after independence, East Timor is just beginning the hard work of nation building.
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