UN envoy arrives in East Timor

The United Nations special envoy to East Timor, Jamsheed Marker, has begun a two-day visit to the capital Dili, for talks with the Roman Catholic Bishop and Nobel Prizewinner, Carlos Belo, and the Indonesian authorities.

Residents said Deili was quiet for the visit, the second this year by Mr Marker.

During his last visit in March, two people were killed when security forces clashed with Timorese demonstrators.

Mr Marker's visit is part of a an attempt by the United Nations to broker an agreement between Indonesia, which invaded East Timor in 1975, and the colonial power, Portugal, which is still recognised by the UN as the administering authority in East Timor.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service