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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
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| Australia was the leading foreign power among international peacekeeping forces that entered East Timor to help quell the massacres in progress there. | 1 |
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| In a national referendum, voters rejected a proposal to make Australia a republic. Since 55 percent of the vote was against the transition, Australia failed to sever its remaining ties to the British Crown. The proposed constitution had called for a parliament-chosen head executive instead of a popularly elected president. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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