http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/9909/10/A60741-1999Sep10.shtml

Rally against Indonesia attracts 5,000 strong crowd

Source: AAP | Published: Friday September 10 12:30:21 PM

More than 5,000 demonstrators have rallied in Melbourne's Bourke Street
Mall in support of East Timor.

The rally, the third in Melbourne this week, has brought city traffic to
a halt.

Unions, church groups and students were joined by lunch time crowds to
hear members of the East Timorese community describe the horrors
occurring in their home land.

The demonstrators are expected to march on the offices of the Indonesian
Airline Garuda.

An earlier demonstration today at Melbourne Airport disrupted a Garuda
fight to Bali and resulted in the arrest of two protesters.



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