[DOC] [TLE] East Timor - Wikipedia [PAR] East Timor or Timor-Leste officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (
Portuguese: .... On 20 May 2002, the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of 
East Timor ... Following elections, the president usually, but not necessarily, 
appoints the ..... Since independence, both Indonesian and Tetum have lost 
ground as... [DOC] [TLE] History of East Timor - Wikipedia [PAR] East Timor is a country in Southeast Asia, officially known as Democratic 
Republic of ... Imperial Japan occupied East Timor during World War II, but 
Portugal resumed ... Immediately following the referendum, anti-independence 
Timorese militias ... was internationally recognised as an independent nation on 
20 May 2002. [DOC] [TLE] Indonesian occupation of East Timor - Wikipedia [PAR] Indonesia occupied East Timor from December 1975 to October 1999. After 
centuries of ... The invasion and suppression of East Timor's independence 
movement, ... Thus there is no question of Indonesia wishing to annex 
Portuguese Timor." ...... Government of East Timor and independence was 
declared on 20 May 2002. [DOC] [TLE] History and Conflict in East Timor [PAR] The Timorese Democratic Union demanded independence. July 16, 1976, nine 
days after East Timor was declared an independent nation, it was invaded and 
annexed by Indonesia. ... East Timor, permitted the asylum seekers to leave East 
Timor, but denied to the ... East Timor declared itself a nation on May 20, 2002. [DOC] [TLE] East Timor History [PAR] Portuguese Timor was handed back to Portugal after the war, but Portugal 
continued to neglect ... After the fall of the Portuguese fascist regime in 1974, 
independence was .... turned a blind eye to the Indonesian annexation of West 
Irian some years previously, .... East Timor became formally independent on May 
20, 2002. [DOC] [TLE] East Timor Project [PAR] But the concessions by Indonesia were not deemed significant enough by the 
resistance ... On 20 September 1999, the first United Nations troops arrived to 
begin the ... for independence and declared the previous annexation of East 
Timor null and void. ... East Timor became fully independent at midnight on 19 
May 2002. [DOC] [TLE] East Timor - List of Oceanian Countries [PAR] Indonesia invaded East Timor on December 7, 1975 and left in 1999. ... on 28 
November 1975, but was invaded and occupied by Indonesian forces nine days 
later. .... East Timor during the illegal annexation from 1975 - 1999; d. reports on 
legal proceedings in the ... East Timor finally became independent on May 20, 
2002. [DOC] [TLE] China and East Timor: Good, But Not Best Friends | The Jamestown ... [PAR] May 2, 2007 ... China and East Timor: Good, But Not Best Friends ... commonly referred to as 
East Timor) achieved formal independence on May 20, 2002, ... prior to the 
declaration, Indonesia used the PRC as a pretext to annex East Timor. [DOC] [TLE] Case Study East Timor - International IDEA [PAR] When Timor-Leste became independent on May 20, 2002, it was the .... a formal 
annexation of Timor-Leste which was marked by a ceremony held in Dili in May 
... resistance continued throughout the Indonesian occupation but never again... [DOC] [TLE] History of Timor-Leste | Jos Ramos-Horta [PAR] They made huge profits from exports of sandalwood, but eventually overexploited 
... On 28 November 1975, Fretilin declared the independence of Portuguese 
Timor as ... to choose, by vote, continued annexation by Indonesia or 
independence. ... On May 20th, 2002, with the newly elected government in place
, the United... [DOC] [TLE] Independence - History - East Timor - Oceania: head state, history ... [PAR] head state, history independence, indonesian president, civilian police, east 
timor, ... The militia claimed simply to be patriots fighting for Indonesia but actually 
had roots ... referendum and repealed the 1976 legislation that had annexed East 
Timor. ... the world's newest nationat the stroke of midnight on May 20, 2002. [DOC] [TLE] East Timor - Cosmeo [PAR] Officially known as the Democratic Republic of East Timor independent nation of 
the SW ... rejected the annexation, but negotiations

Question: It was annexed by Indonesia but became independent on May 20, 2002
Answer: East Timor