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Nobel laureate tells East Timorese to stop demonstrating

November 16, 1996
Web posted at: 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 GMT)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of East Timorese welcomed Bishop Carlos Belo back to East Timor from Indonesia Saturday. The throngs gathered at Dili's Cathedral to hear the Nobel laureate, who was awarded the peace prize with East Timorese activist Jose Ramos Horta.

Belo urged the East Timorese to stop daily protests that began more than a week ago, after the Indonesian government criticized the bishop for remarks he allegedly made in a German magazine.

Belo has refused to comment on the article until he sees it. In the report, he reportedly says Indonesian troops treated East Timorese like "dogs."

Reuters contributed to this report.

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