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        "msgid": "australia-to-supply-e-timor-with-rifles-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-02-03 00:00:00",
        "title": "Australia to supply E. Timor with rifles",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Australia to supply E. Timor with rifles CANBERRA (AP): Australia will supply the fledgling East Timor defense force with 360 M16 assault rifles, but has ruled out giving heavier armaments, the Defense Department said on Friday. A department spokesman denied reports that Australia would supply grenades, machine guns and other heavy weapons. \"We will not be supplying machine guns or hand grenades or anything heavier than the rifles,\" said spokesman Brian Hickey.",
        "content": "<p>Australia to supply E. Timor with rifles<\/p>\n<p>CANBERRA (AP): Australia will supply the fledgling East Timor<br>\ndefense force with 360 M16 assault rifles, but has ruled out<br>\ngiving heavier armaments, the Defense Department said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A department spokesman denied reports that Australia would<br>\nsupply grenades, machine guns and other heavy weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will not be supplying machine guns or hand grenades or<br>\nanything heavier than the rifles,\" said spokesman Brian Hickey.<\/p>\n<p>\"The rifles will remain under Australian army control and in a<br>\nsecure armory,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Australia and Portugal, which once ruled East Timor, are<br>\nproviding training to East Timor's 600-strong defense force.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the Australian government pledged A$26 million<br>\n(US$14.3 million) over five years toward the Office of Defense<br>\nForce Development for East Timor.<\/p>",
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