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Fretilin party supporters ride in a caravan as they campaign for their presidential bet Fernando 'Lu Olo' Guterres, a former guerrilla commander, on March 14, 2012. East Timor was officially recognized as independent in 2002 after 24 years of brutal Indonesian occupation.

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