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Although there were always internal disputes, they were mostly short tribal wars rather than protracted conflicts. The division into East and West was of secondary importance and was mostly covered by political interests. In the 1975 civil war, for example, the front between
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warned of the tensions between the two parts of East Timor in his paper "The
Establishment of New Relations in East Timor". After the liberation from Indonesian occupation, the weak division developed into a clear dividing line. The
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have re-emphasised the division of the country into East and West, which existed before the colonial period and has a clear impact on everyday life in East Timor. Before colonisation by
Portugal, the east of the island of
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Today, one also notices a political division in the country. In the east, the left-wing old independence party
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Trindade, Jose 'Josh'; Castro, Bryant (6 June 2007).
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