The vice-prime minister of East Timor, Jose Luis Guterres,

The vice-prime minister of East Timor, Jose Luis Guterres, addresses a crowd of Saharawi refugees and international officials on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, in the Laayoune refugee camp near Western Sahara's border with Algeria. Guterres called for Western Sahara to benefit from a U.N.-sponsored referendum as his nascent country did, gaining independence in 2002. He spoke at a ceremony commemorating the 33rd anniversary of the Western Sahara republic, which remains in exile because Morocco controls two-thirds of the desert territory.
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